# 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-5041-48` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48 - 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. --- ## 附　則 令和四年五月二五日法律第四八号 suppl-5041-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して四年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。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。 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding four years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第三条の規定並びに附則第六十条中商業登記法（昭和三十八年法律第百二十五号）第五十二条第二項の改正規定及び附則第百二十五条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 3, the provision in Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Commercial Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1963), and the provisions of Article 125 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第七十七条（不正競争防止法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-77 **第一項** 前条の規定による改正後の不正競争防止法第十条第三項及び第四項並びに第十一条第二項の規定は、施行日以後に提起される不正競争（同法第二条第一項に規定する不正競争をいう。以下この条において同じ。）による営業上の利益の侵害に関する訴えにおける秘密保持命令の送達及び効力の発生時期について適用し、施行日前に提起された不正競争による営業上の利益の侵害に関する訴えにおける秘密保持命令の送達及び効力の発生時期については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1 The provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article apply to the service and the time of taking effect of a protective order in an action concerning infringement of business interests through unfair competition (meaning unfair competition prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) filed on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the service and the time of taking effect of a protective order in an action concerning infringement of business interests through unfair competition filed before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第百二十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-124 **第一項** この法律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場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5041-48/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-124/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第百二十五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-125 **第一項** この附則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。 suppl-5041-48/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-125/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第百二十五条 → 不正競争防止法 附則第百二十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 125), suppl-5041-48/art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-125 - suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1: 不正競争防止法第十条第三項 → 不正競争防止法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-10/par-3 - suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1: 第四項 → 不正競争防止法 第十条第四項 (Article 10, paragraph (4)), art-10/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-10/par-4 - suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1: 第十一条第二項 → 不正競争防止法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-11/par-2 - suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1: 同法第二条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1 - suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1: この条 → 不正競争防止法 附則第七十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 77), suppl-5041-48/art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-77 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 不正競争防止法 附則第七十七条第一項（不正競争防止法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-48/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-48/art-77/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-20261011T031431-004, 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