# 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 — 第九十六条 (Article 96) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96. 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96) — address `art-96` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条 art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96 **第一項** 第八十九条から第九十一条までの罪は、公正取引委員会の告発を待つて、これを論ずる。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-1 A crime under Articles 89 through 91 is considered only after an accusation is filed by the Japan Fair Trade Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の告発は、文書をもつてこれを行う。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-2 The accusation set forth in the preceding paragraph is made in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公正取引委員会は、第一項の告発をするに当たり、その告発に係る犯罪について、前条第一項又は第百条第一項第一号の宣告をすることを相当と認めるときは、その旨を前項の文書に記載することができる。 art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-3 In filing an accusation under paragraph (1), whenever the Japan Fair Trade Commission finds it to be appropriate for the sentence under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or Article 100, paragraph (1), item (i) to be rendered with respect to a crime related to the accusation, the Japan Fair Trade Commission may state to that effect in the written accusation set forth under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の告発は、公訴の提起があつた後は、これを取り消すことができない。 art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-4 The accusation under paragraph (1) cannot be revoked after institution of prosecution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-96/par-1: 第八十九条から第九十一条まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-89 - art-96/par-1: 第八十九条から第九十一条まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十条 (Article 90), art-90 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-90 - art-96/par-1: 第八十九条から第九十一条まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-91 - art-96/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 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-1 - art-96/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 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-1 - art-96/par-3: 前条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十五条の四第一項 (Article 95-4, paragraph (1)), art-95-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4/par-1 - art-96/par-3: 第百条第一項第一号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百条第一項第一号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-100/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-100/par-1/item-1 - art-96/par-3: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-2 - art-96/par-4: 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 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/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 第九十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十六条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-4 --- ## 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