# 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 — 第百十四条の三 (Article 114-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - 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: 第百十四条の三 (Article 114-3) — address `art-114-3` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十四条の三 art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3 **第一項** 委員会職員は、犯則事件を調査するため必要があるときは、学識経験を有する者に領置物件、差押物件若しくは記録命令付差押物件についての鑑定を嘱託し、又は通訳若しくは翻訳を嘱託することができる。 art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-1 When necessary in the investigation of a criminal case, a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member may commission persons who have knowledge and experience to give expert opinions on objects retained, seized, or seized by ordering records, or commission interpreters or translators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による鑑定の嘱託を受けた者（第四項及び第五項において「鑑定人」という。）は、公正取引委員会の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所の裁判官の許可を受けて、当該鑑定に係る物件を破壊することができる。 art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-2 The persons commissioned to give expert opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to in the paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) as "expert witness") may destruct the objects involved with the permission by a judge of the district court or summary court having jurisdiction over the location of the Japan Fair Trade Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の許可の請求は、委員会職員からこれをしなければならない。 art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-3 A request for permission under the preceding paragraph must be made by a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の請求があつた場合において、裁判官は、当該請求を相当と認めるときは、犯則嫌疑者の氏名（法人については、名称）、罪名、破壊すべき物件及び鑑定人の氏名並びに請求者の官職及び氏名、有効期間、その期間経過後は執行に着手することができずこれを返還しなければならない旨、交付の年月日及び裁判所名を記載し、自己の記名押印した許可状を委員会職員に交付しなければならない。 art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-4 If a request provided in the preceding paragraph is made, the judge must issue a warrant to the Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member with the judge's name and seal affixed thereto, and the following information entered thereon: the name of the suspect (for a corporation, this means its name), the charge, the object to destruct, the names of the expert witnesses; the government position and name of the person making the request; the warrant's valid period; the fact that the execution may not be initiated and the warrant must be returned after the expiration of the valid period; the date of issuance of the warrant; and the name of the court to which the judge belongs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a request provided in the preceding paragraph is made, the judge must issue a warrant to the Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member with the judge's name and seal affixed thereto, and the following information entered thereon: the name of the suspect (for a corporation, this means its name), the charge, the object to destruct, the names of the expert witnesses; the government position and name of the person making the request; the warrant's valid period; the fact that the inspection, search, or seizure may not be initiated and the warrant must be returned after the expiration of the valid period; the date of issuance of the warrant; and the name of the court to which the judge belongs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第五項** 鑑定人は、第二項の処分を受ける者に前項の許可状を示さなければならない。 art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-5 The expert witnesses must show the warrant provided for in the preceding paragraph to the person that is subject to the measures of paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114-3/par-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-1 - art-114-3/par-2: 第四項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第四項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (4)), art-114-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-4 - art-114-3/par-2: 第五項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第五項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (5)), art-114-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-5 - art-114-3/par-3: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-2 - art-114-3/par-4: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第三項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (3)), art-114-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-3 - art-114-3/par-5: 第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-2 - art-114-3/par-5: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第四項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (4)), art-114-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-4 ## 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 第百二条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-102/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-114-3/par-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-06 - 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 (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律), Article 114-3, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), 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