# 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 — 第七十条の二 (Article 70-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2. 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: 第七十条の二 (Article 70-2) — address `art-70-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2 - 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. --- ### 第七十条の二 art-70-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、第十一条第一項又は第二項の認可の申請があつた場合において、当該申請を理由がないと認めるときは、決定でこれを却下しなければならない。 art-70-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-1 When there has been an application for the approval set forth in Article 11, paragraph (1) or (2), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must render a decision to dismiss it if the Japan Fair Trade Commission finds the relevant application to be groundless. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十五条第二項の規定は、前項の認可の申請があつた場合について準用する。 art-70-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 45, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if an application for approval set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第六十三条第三項及び第四項の規定は、第一項の規定による決定について準用する。 art-70-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-3 The provisions of Article 63, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to a decision under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-2/par-1: 第十一条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-11/par-1 - art-70-2/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 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-11/par-2 - art-70-2/par-2: 第四十五条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-45/par-2 - art-70-2/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 第七十条の二第一項 (Article 70-2, paragraph (1)), art-70-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-1 - art-70-2/par-3: 第六十三条第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十三条第三項 (Article 63, paragraph (3)), art-63/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-63/par-3 - art-70-2/par-3: 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 第六十三条第四項 (Article 63, paragraph (4)), art-63/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-63/par-4 - art-70-2/par-3: 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 第七十条の二第一項 (Article 70-2, paragraph (1)), art-70-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-1 ## Cited by 3 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 第七十条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-2/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条の十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-11/par-1 --- ## 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