# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36) - Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号 - English title "Unfair Competition Prevention Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（追徴保全命令） — address `art-36` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十六条（追徴保全命令） — (Order for the Value Freezing of Assets) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36 **第一項** 裁判所は、第二十一条第一項、第二項、第四項（第四号を除く。）、第五項及び第六項の罪に係る被告事件に関し、同条第十五項の規定により追徴すべき場合に当たると思料するに足りる相当な理由がある場合において、追徴の裁判の執行をすることができなくなるおそれがあり、又はその執行をするのに著しい困難を生ずるおそれがあると認めるときは、検察官の請求により、又は職権で、追徴保全命令を発して、被告人に対し、その財産の処分を禁止することができる。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-1 In cases under public prosecution concerning the offences prescribed in Article 21, paragraphs (1), (2), (4) (excluding item (iv)), (5) and (6), if a court finds probable cause to believe that equivalent value should be collected pursuant to paragraph (15) of the same Article, and that enforcing a judicial decision on the collection of equivalent value will be impossible or extremely difficult, the court may prohibit the accused from disposing of the assets. This may be done by issuing an order to collect the equivalent value, either at the request of a public prosecutor or by the court's own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判官は、前項に規定する理由及び必要があると認めるときは、公訴が提起される前であっても、検察官の請求により、同項に規定する処分をすることができる。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-2 If a judge finds that there are the grounds and necessity prescribed in the preceding paragraph, even before the institution of prosecution, the judge may conduct the disposition prescribed in the same paragraph, at the request of a public prosecutor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、これらの規定による処分については、組織的犯罪処罰法第四章第二節及び第三節の規定による追徴保全命令による処分の禁止の例による。 art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-3 Beyond the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the disposition under these provisions is governed by the provisions regarding the prohibition of disposition under the order for the collection of equivalent value, as prescribed in Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 第二項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-2 - art-36/par-1: 第四項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-4 - art-36/par-1: 第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第四項第四号 (Article 21, paragraph (4), item (iv)), art-21/par-4/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-4/item-4 - art-36/par-1: 第五項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第五項 (Article 21, paragraph (5)), art-21/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-5 - art-36/par-1: 第六項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第六項 (Article 21, paragraph (6)), art-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-6 - art-36/par-1: 同条第十五項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第十五項 (Article 21, paragraph (15)), art-21/par-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-15 - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-3: 前二項 → 不正競争防止法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-3: 前二項 → 不正競争防止法 第三十六条第二項 (Article 36, paragraph (2)), art-36/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第三十六条第二項（追徴保全命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第三十六条第三項（追徴保全命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-36/par-3 - 不正競争防止法 第三十七条第一項第六号（共助の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-37/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-37/par-1/item-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11