# 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 — 第九十四条の三 (Article 94-3)

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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: 第九十四条の三 (Article 94-3) — address `art-94-3`
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### 第九十四条の三
<sup>art-94-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3</sup>

**第一項**  秘密保持命令に違反した者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-1</sup>
A person who violates a protective order is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five million yen, or both.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の罪は、告訴がなければ公訴を提起することができない。
<sup>art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-2</sup>
The offence prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not be prosecuted without a complaint.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の罪は、日本国外において同項の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
<sup>art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-3</sup>
The offence prescribed in paragraph (1) also applies to a person who commits the crime outside Japan.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-94-3/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 第九十四条の三第一項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (1)), art-94-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-1
- art-94-3/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 第九十四条の三第一項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (1)), art-94-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/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 第九十四条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十四条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-94-3/par-3
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-95/par-3
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-95/par-6

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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
