# 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 — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（施行日前に独占的状態に係る審判開始決定書の謄本の送達があった場合についての経過措置） — address `suppl-4251-100/art-3`
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### 第三条（施行日前に独占的状態に係る審判開始決定書の謄本の送達があった場合についての経過措置） — Transitional Measures in Cases Where a Certified Copy of the Written Decision to Commence Trial Proceedings Concerning a Monopolistic Situation Was Served before the Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-100/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に旧法第五十五条第三項の規定による審判開始決定書の謄本の送達があった場合における独占的状態に係る商品又は役務について競争を回復させるために必要な措置を命ずる手続、審判手続、当該審判手続による審決の取消しの訴えに係る手続その他これらに類する手続として公正取引委員会規則で定めるものについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-100/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-3/par-1</sup>
In the case where, before the Effective Date, a certified copy of the written decision to commence trial proceedings under Article 55, paragraph (3) of the Former Act was served, the provisions then in force continue to govern the procedures for ordering measures necessary to restore competition with respect to the goods or services concerning the monopolistic situation, trial proceedings, procedures for an action to revoke a decision made through those trial proceedings, and other procedures similar to these that are specified by the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 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 附則第二条第一項（施行日前に排除措置命令又は納付命令に係る通知があった場合についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-2/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（審判官に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-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 附則第八条第二項（審判官に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-8/par-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第九条第二項（競争を回復させるために必要な措置を命ずる審決に関する規定の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-9/par-2

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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-20261106T060022-015, 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
