# 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 — 第五十六条 (Article 56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56. 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56) — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条 art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56 **第一項** 指定職員は、意見聴取の期日における当事者による意見陳述、証拠提出及び質問並びに審査官等による説明（第五十八条第一項及び第二項において「当事者による意見陳述等」という。）の結果、なお意見聴取を続行する必要があると認めるときは、さらに新たな期日を定めることができる。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56/par-1 The designated staff member may assign a date for continuation when it is found necessary to continue the hearing as a result of the statement of opinions, submission of evidence, and questions by the party, and explanation by the investigators, etc., (in Article 58, paragraphs (1) and (2), referred to as the "statements, etc. by the party"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、当事者に対し、あらかじめ、次回の意見聴取の期日及び場所を書面により通知しなければならない。ただし、意見聴取の期日に出頭した当事者に対しては、当該意見聴取の期日においてこれを告知すれば足りる。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the party must be given, in advance, notice in writing of the date and the location of the next hearing provided, however, that it would be sufficient to notify the party who appeared on the date of hearing of the above matters which is made on the date of hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-1: 第五十八条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-58/par-1 - art-56/par-1: 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 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-58/par-2 - art-56/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 ## Cited by 6 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 第五十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59/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 --- ## 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