# 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 — 第七十六条 (Article 76) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76. 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76) — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十六条 art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、その内部規律、事件の処理手続及び届出、認可又は承認の申請その他の事項に関する必要な手続について規則を定めることができる。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76/par-1 The Japan Fair Trade Commission may establish rules with respect to its internal disciplines, proceedings of cases, and necessary procedures for notifications, applications for approval, and other matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により事件の処理手続について規則を定めるに当たつては、排除措置命令、納付命令、競争回復措置命令、第四十八条の三第三項の認定及び第四十八条の七第三項の認定並びに前節の規定による決定（以下「排除措置命令等」という。）の名宛人となるべき者が自己の主張を陳述し、及び立証するための機会が十分に確保されること等当該手続の適正の確保が図られるよう留意しなければならない。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76/par-2 In providing rules with respect to the proceedings of cases pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must keep in mind the need to ensure that the relevant proceedings are duly undertaken, including ensuring that the would-be addressee of the cease and desist order, the payment order, the competition restoration order, approvals of Article 48-3, paragraph (3) and approvals of Article 48-7, paragraph (3), and the decision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Section (hereinafter referred to as a "cease and desist order, etc.") has sufficient opportunity to state and prove the respondent's claims, etc. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In proving rules with respect to the proceedings of cases pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must keep in mind the need to ensure that the relevant proceedings are duly undertaken, including ensuring that the would-be addressee of the cease and desist order, the payment order, the competition restoration order, approvals of Article 48-3, paragraph (3) and approvals of Article 48-7, paragraph (3), and the decision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Section (hereinafter referred to as a "cease and desist order, etc.") has sufficient opportunity to state and prove the respondent's claims, etc." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb --- ## Cites - art-76/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 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76/par-1 - art-76/par-2: 第四十八条の三第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の三第三項 (Article 48-3, paragraph (3)), art-48-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-48-3/par-3 - art-76/par-2: 第四十八条の七第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の七第三項 (Article 48-7, paragraph (3)), art-48-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-48-7/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite 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) - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-48-4/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-48-8/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-76/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第十一条第一項（施行日前に認可申請の却下等の審決を受けた者に対する抗告訴訟に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-11/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-06 - 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 (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律), Article 76, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), 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