# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29)

- 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（公判前整理手続等における決定） — address `art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-29
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### 第二十九条（公判前整理手続等における決定） — (Rulings in Pretrial Conference Procedures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる事項は、公判前整理手続及び期日間整理手続において行うことができる。
<sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-29/par-1</sup>
The following acts may be taken in pretrial conference procedures and interim conference procedures:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  秘匿決定若しくは呼称等の決定又はこれらの決定を取り消す決定をすること。
  <sup>art-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-29/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a protective ruling, a ruling on a naming, etc., or a ruling rescinding these rulings; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第二十六条第一項の規定により尋問又は被告人の供述を求める手続を公判期日外においてする旨を定めること。
  <sup>art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-29/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a decision that the examination or the proceedings for asking statements of the accused will be conducted on a day other than a trial date pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-29/par-1/item-2: 第二十六条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-26/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不正競争防止法 第三十一条第一項（最高裁判所規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-31/par-1

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## Sources

- 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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
