# 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 / Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — 第百三条の三 (Article 103-3)

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- Law: 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 (Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade), 昭和二十二年法律第五十四号
- English title "Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第百三条の三 (Article 103-3) — address `art-103-3`
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### 第百三条の三
<sup>art-103-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-103-3</sup>

**第一項**  差し押さえるべき物件が電磁的記録に係る記録媒体であるときは、委員会職員は、その差押えに代えて次に掲げる処分をすることができる。
<sup>art-103-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-103-3/par-1</sup>
If an object to seize is a recording medium pertaining to electronic or magnetic records, a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member may take any of the following measures instead of the seizure.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写し、印刷し、又は移転した上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
  <sup>art-103-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-103-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  to copy the electronic or magnetic records recorded on the recording medium which is to be seized onto some other recording medium, print them out, or transfer them, and seize the relevant other recording medium; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  差押えを受ける者に差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写させ、印刷させ、又は移転させた上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
  <sup>art-103-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-103-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  to have the person undergoing the seizure copy the electronic or magnetic records recorded on the recording medium which is to be seized onto some other recording medium, print them out, or transfer them, and seize the relevant other recording medium.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二条の二第十三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-2-2/par-13
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二条の二第十四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-2-2/par-14
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二条の二第十五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-2-2/par-15
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-112/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
