# 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 — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（課徴金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4171-35/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第四条（課徴金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Surcharges
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<sup>suppl-4171-35/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新法第七条の二第一項（新法第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）又は第二項に規定する違反行為（旧法第七条の二第一項（旧法第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）に規定するものを除く。）であって施行日前に既になくなっているものについては、課徴金の納付を命ずることができない。
<sup>suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-1</sup>
Payment of a surcharge cannot be ordered for a violation prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 8-3 of the New Act) or paragraph (2) of that Article (excluding one prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 8-3 of the Former Act)) that has already ceased before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  新法第七条の二第一項（新法第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）又は第二項に規定する違反行為（旧法第七条の二第一項（旧法第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）に規定するものに限る。）であって施行日前に既になくなっているものについて新法第五十条第六項において読み替えて準用する新法第四十九条第五項の規定による通知をする場合における課徴金の額の計算（新法第七条の二第八項及び第九項の規定による減額を除く。）については、なお従前の例による。この場合における新法第七条の二第一項ただし書の規定の適用については、同項ただし書中「百万円」とあるのは、「五十万円」とする。
<sup>suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-2</sup>
With regard to a violation prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 8-3 of the New Act) or paragraph (2) of that Article (limited to one prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 8-3 of the Former Act)) that has already ceased before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern the calculation of the amount of the surcharge (excluding the reduction pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraphs (8) and (9) of the New Act) in the case where notification is given pursuant to Article 49, paragraph (5) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (6) of the New Act. In this case, with regard to the application of the proviso to Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act, the phrase "one million yen" in the proviso to that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "five hundred thousand yen".
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## Cites
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-1: 新法第七条の二第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2/par-1
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-1: 新法第八条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条の三 (Article 8-3), art-8-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-8-3
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-1: 第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の二第二項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (2)), art-7-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2/par-2
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-2: 新法第七条の二第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2/par-1
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-2: 新法第八条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条の三 (Article 8-3), art-8-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-8-3
- suppl-4171-35/art-4/par-2: 第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の二第二項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (2)), art-7-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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 附則第十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-12/par-1

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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-20261106T060022-012, 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
