# 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 — 第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13)

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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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### 第十三条
<sup>suppl-3221-54/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3221-54/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  公正取引委員会の第一期の委員の任期は、内閣総理大臣の定めるところにより、そのうちの四人については各々一年、二年、三年又は五年とし、二人については四年とする。
<sup>suppl-3221-54/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3221-54/art-13/par-1</sup>
The terms of office of the first Commissioners of the Japan Fair Trade Commission are, as determined by the Prime Minister, one year, two years, three years or five years respectively for four of them, and four years for two of them.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-005, translated 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