# 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 — 第五十九条 (Article 59) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59. 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: 第五十九条 (Article 59) — address `art-59` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条 art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、意見聴取の終結後に生じた事情に鑑み必要があると認めるときは、指定職員に対し、前条第四項の規定により提出された報告書を返戻して意見聴取の再開を命ずることができる。 art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59/par-1 When it finds necessary in light of the circumstances arising after conclusion of the hearing, the Japan Fair Trade Commission may, order the designated staff member to reopen a hearing by returning to the designated staff member the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第五十六条第二項本文の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。 art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59/par-2 The provisions of the main clause of Article 56, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-59/par-1: 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 第五十八条第四項 (Article 58, paragraph (4)), art-58/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-58/par-4 - art-59/par-2: 第五十六条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-56/par-2 - art-59/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 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-59/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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