# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号 - English title "Unfair Competition Prevention Act": 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22) — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十二条 art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22 **第一項** 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1 If the representative of a corporation, or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or of any person has committed a violation stated in any of the provisions of the following items with regard to the business of the corporation or the person, the corporation is to be subject to the fine prescribed in the relevant items, and the person is to be subject to the fine prescribed in the relevant Article in addition to the offender being subject to punishment: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第四項又は第六項（同条第四項に係る部分に限る。）　十億円以下の罰金刑 art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1/item-1 paragraph (4) or paragraph (6) of the preceding Article (limited to the part regarding paragraph (4) of the same Article):a fine of not more than 1 billion yen; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項又は第六項（同条第一項に係る部分に限る。）　五億円以下の罰金刑 art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1/item-2 paragraph (1) or paragraph (6) of the preceding Article (limited to the part regarding paragraph (1) of the same Article):a fine of not more than 500 million yen; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第三項　三億円以下の罰金刑 art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1/item-3 paragraph (3) of the preceding Article:a fine of not more than 300 million yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、当該行為者に対してした前条第三項第六号の罪に係る同条第七項の告訴は、その法人又は人に対しても効力を生じ、その法人又は人に対してした告訴は、当該行為者に対しても効力を生ずるものとする。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-2 In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a criminal complaint filed against the offender for an offence prescribed in paragraph (3), item (vi) of the same Article, as prescribed in paragraph (7) of the preceding Article, is also to have effect with respect to the corporation or person mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Similarly, a criminal complaint filed against that corporation or person is to have effect with respect to the offender. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により前条第一項、第三項、第四項又は第六項（同条第一項又は第四項に係る部分に限る。）の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間による。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-3 The period of prescription for the punishment by fine to which the corporation or person in question is subject pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) for a violation under paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (6) of the preceding Article (limited to the part regarding paragraph (1) or (4) of the same Article) is to be the same as that for the offence referred to in those provisions. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The period of prescription for the punishment by fine to which the corporation or person in question is subject pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) for a violation under paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (6) (limited to the part regarding paragraph (1) or (4) of the same Article) is to be the same as that for the offence referred to in those provisions." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1/item-1: 前条第四項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-4 - art-22/par-1/item-1: 第六項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第六項 (Article 21, paragraph (6)), art-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-6 - art-22/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-1 - art-22/par-1/item-2: 第六項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第六項 (Article 21, paragraph (6)), art-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-6 - art-22/par-1/item-3: 前条第三項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-3 - art-22/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-2: 前条第三項第六号 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第三項第六号 (Article 21, paragraph (3), item (vi)), art-21/par-3/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-3/item-6 - art-22/par-2: 同条第七項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第七項 (Article 21, paragraph (7)), art-21/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-7 - art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 前条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 第三項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-3 - art-22/par-3: 第四項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-4 - art-22/par-3: 第六項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第六項 (Article 21, paragraph (6)), art-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-6 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項（適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1 - 不正競争防止法 第二十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第二十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22/par-3 - 不正競争防止法 第二十三条第一項（営業秘密の秘匿決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-23/par-1 - 不正競争防止法 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4051-47/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4051-47/art-10/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act (不正競争防止法), Article 22, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11