# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4061-116`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116
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## 附　則 平成六年一二月一四日法律第一一六号
<sup>suppl-4061-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成七年七月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on July 1, 1995; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第一条中特許法第三十条第三項の改正規定、第五条の規定（商標法第十条第三項、第十三条第一項、第四十四条第二項及び第六十三条の二の改正規定を除く。）及び第九条の規定　平成七年七月一日又は世界貿易機関を設立するマラケシュ協定が日本国について効力を生ずる日（以下「発効日」という。）のいずれか遅い日
  <sup>suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 1 that amend Article 30, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act, the provisions of Article 5 (excluding the provisions that amend Article 10, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 44, paragraph (2), and Article 63-2 of the Trademark Act), and the provisions of Article 9: the later of July 1, 1995 or the date on which the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization takes effect for Japan (hereinafter referred to as the "date of entry into force").
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### 第十三条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の各改正規定の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の各改正規定の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、それぞれなお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-13/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of each amending provision of this Act, and to acts committed after the enforcement of each amending provision of this Act that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern respectively.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 不正競争防止法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4061-116/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-13

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不正競争防止法 附則第十四条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4061-116/art-14/par-1

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## 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
