# 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 — 第三十一条 (Article 31) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31. 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31) — address `art-31` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十一条 art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31 **第一項** 委員長及び委員は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除いては、在任中、その意に反して罷免されることがない。 art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1 The Chair or Commissioner may not be dismissed from office against the Chair or Commissioner's will, except in cases falling under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 破産手続開始の決定を受けた場合 art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 a decision of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings has been made against the Chair or Commissioner; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 懲戒免官の処分を受けた場合 art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 the Chair or Commissioner has been dismissed by disciplinary action; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** この法律の規定に違反して刑に処せられた場合 art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 the Chair or Commissioner has been punished for violation of the provisions of this Act; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられた場合 art-31/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-4 the Chair or Commissioner has been punished by imprisonment or severer punishment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 公正取引委員会により、心身の故障のため職務を執ることができないと決定された場合 art-31/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-5 the Japan Fair Trade Commission has decided that the Chair or Commissioner is incapable of executing the Chair or Commissioner's duties due to mental or physical disorder; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 前条第四項の場合において、両議院の事後の承認を得られなかつたとき。 art-31/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-6 the subsequent approval of both Houses of the Diet could not be obtained in cases under paragraph (4) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-31/par-1/item-6: 前条第四項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十条第四項 (Article 30, paragraph (4)), art-30/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-30/par-4 ## Cited by 2 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 第三十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-32/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-3 --- ## 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