# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（書類の提出等） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（書類の提出等） — (Submission of Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7 **第一項** 裁判所は、不正競争による営業上の利益の侵害に係る訴訟においては、当事者の申立てにより、当事者に対し、当該侵害行為について立証するため、又は当該侵害の行為による損害の計算をするため必要な書類又は電磁的記録の提出を命ずることができる。ただし、その書類の所持者又はその電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者においてその提出を拒むことについて正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-1 In litigation involving the infringement that may harm business interests through unfair competition, the court may, on the motion of a party, order the other party to submit any documents or electronic or magnetic records necessary to prove the act of infringement or calculate the amount of loss or damage caused by the infringement; provided, however, that this does not apply if the holder of the documents or a person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic records has reasonable grounds to refuse submission. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、前項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかの判断をするため必要があると認めるときは、書類の所持者又は電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者にその提示をさせることができる。この場合においては、何人も、その提示された書類又は電磁的記録の開示を求めることができない。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-2 If the court finds it necessary for determining whether or not the documents or electronic or magnetic records subject to the motion under the main clause of the preceding paragraph fall within the scope of documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether or not there are reasonable grounds as provided in the proviso of the same paragraph, the court may have the holder of the documents or a person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic records present those documents or electronic or magnetic records to the court. In this case, no person may request the disclosure of the presented documents or electronic or magnetic records. machine translation, not official **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の場合において、第一項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかについて前項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示してその意見を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者等（当事者（法人である場合にあっては、その代表者）又は当事者の代理人（訴訟代理人及び補佐人を除く。）、使用人その他の従業者をいう。以下同じ。）、訴訟代理人又は補佐人に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it necessary to disclose the documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph and to hear opinions with regard to whether or not the documents or electronic or magnetic records subject to the motion under the main clause of paragraph (1) fall within the scope of documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether or not there are reasonable grounds as provided in the proviso of the same paragraph, the court may disclose the documents or electronic or magnetic records to the parties, etc. (meaning the parties (or if a party is a corporation, its representative) or the parties' agents (excluding counsel or assistants in court), employees, or other workers; the same applies below), their counsel, or their assistants in court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 裁判所は、第二項の場合において、同項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示して専門的な知見に基づく説明を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者の同意を得て、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第一編第五章第二節第一款に規定する専門委員に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-4 In the case referred to in paragraph (2), if the court finds it necessary to disclose the documents or electronic or magnetic records as provided in the latter sentence of paragraph (2) and hear an explanation based on expert knowledge, the court may disclose the documents or electronic or magnetic records to a technical advisor as provided in Part I, Chapter V, Section 2, Subsection 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996), with the consent of the parties. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前各項の規定は、不正競争による営業上の利益の侵害に係る訴訟における当該侵害行為について立証するため必要な検証の目的の提示について準用する。 art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the presentation of the objective of an inspection that is necessary to prove the act of infringement in litigation involving infringement that may harm business interests through unfair competition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-3: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-3: 第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-4: 第二項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 不正競争防止法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第七条第二項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第七条第三項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-3 - 不正競争防止法 第七条第四項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-4 - 不正競争防止法 第七条第五項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7/par-5 - 不正競争防止法 第十条第一項第一号（秘密保持命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-10/par-1/item-1 - 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項（適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1 - 不正競争防止法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4051-47/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4051-47/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch unfair-competition-prevention-act-20261011T031431-001, translated 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