# 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 — 第七十条の九 (Article 70-9)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第七十条の九 (Article 70-9) — address `art-70-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第七十条の九
<sup>art-70-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-9</sup>

  **第一項**  公正取引委員会の職員が、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）第三条第九号に規定する処分通知等であつてこの法律又は公正取引委員会規則の規定により書類の送達により行うこととしているものに関する事務を、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第七条第一項の規定により同法第六条第一項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して行つたときは、第七十条の七において読み替えて準用する民事訴訟法第百条第一項の規定による送達に関する事項を記載した書面の作成及び提出に代えて、当該事項を当該電子情報処理組織を使用して公正取引委員会の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。第八十一条第三項において同じ。）に備えられたファイルに記録しなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-9/par-1</sup>
  When a staff member of the Japan Fair Trade Commission has used an electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Use Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002) pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act to conduct administrative affairs concerning a disposition notice, etc. prescribed in Article 3, item (ix) of the Act, which is to be conducted by serving documents pursuant to the provisions of this Act or the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the staff member must record matters related to the service under the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 70-7 following the deemed replacement of terms in a file stored in a computer (including input and output devices; hereinafter the same applies in Article 81, paragraph (3)) used by the Japan Fair Trade Commission via the electronic data processing system instead of preparing and submitting a document that states those matters.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70-9/par-1: 情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）第三条第九号 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000151, 第三条第一項第九号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-3/par-1/item-9 — not held in this collection
- art-70-9/par-1: 情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第七条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000151, 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-70-9/par-1: 同法第六条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000151, 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-70-9/par-1: 第七十条の七 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条の七 (Article 70-7), art-70-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-70-7
- art-70-9/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109)
- art-70-9/par-1: 第八十一条第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十一条第三項 (Article 81, paragraph (3)), art-81/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-81/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 特定受託事業者に係る取引の適正化等に関する法律 第十条第一項（私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/freelance-act/art-10/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000025)

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## 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
