# 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 — 第五十四条 (Article 54) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54. 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54) — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十四条 art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54 **第一項** 指定職員は、最初の意見聴取の期日の冒頭において、当該意見聴取に係る事件について第四十七条第二項の規定により指定された審査官その他の当該事件の調査に関する事務に従事した職員（次項及び第三項並びに第五十六条第一項において「審査官等」という。）に、予定される排除措置命令の内容、公正取引委員会の認定した事実及び第五十二条第一項に規定する証拠のうち主要なもの並びに公正取引委員会の認定した事実に対する法令の適用を意見聴取の期日に出頭した当事者に対し説明させなければならない。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-1 The designated staff member must have the investigators designated pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (2) with respect to the case for which the procedures for hearing must be taken and any other staff members who conducted the administrative affairs pertaining to investigations into the relevant case (in the following paragraph and paragraph (3), and Article 56, paragraph (1), referred to as the "investigators, etc.") explain to the party appearing on the date of hearing the expected content of the cease and desist order, the facts found by the Japan Fair Trade Commission and major evidence among those provided for Article 52, paragraph (1), and the application of laws and regulations to the facts found by the Japan Fair Trade Commission at the outset of the first date of the hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者は、意見聴取の期日に出頭して、意見を述べ、及び証拠を提出し、並びに指定職員の許可を得て審査官等に対し質問を発することができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-2 The party may appear on the date of hearing, state their opinions and submit evidence and also address questions to the investigators, etc. with the permission of the designated staff member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指定職員は、意見聴取の期日において必要があると認めるときは、当事者に対し質問を発し、意見の陳述若しくは証拠の提出を促し、又は審査官等に対し説明を求めることができる。 art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-3 When the designated staff member finds it necessary on the date of hearing, the designated staff member may address questions to parties, call upon them to state their opinions or submit evidence or request explanation from the investigators, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 意見聴取の期日における意見聴取は、公開しない。 art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-4 The proceedings on the date of hearing is not open to the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-1: 第四十七条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-47/par-2 - art-54/par-1: 次項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-2 - art-54/par-1: 第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-3 - art-54/par-1: 第五十六条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56/par-1 - art-54/par-1: 第五十二条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-52/par-1 ## 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 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-54/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十二条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-62/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-64/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-3/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第二条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4101-81/art-2/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