# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第四章 (Chapter 4)

- 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
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- Provision: 第四章 (Chapter 4) — address `ch-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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## 第四章　雑則 — Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/ch-4</sup>

### 第十九条（適用除外等） — (Exclusion from Application)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  第三条から第十五条まで、第二十一条及び第二十二条の規定は、次の各号に掲げる不正競争の区分に応じて当該各号に定める行為については、適用しない。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 3 through 15, Article 21, and Article 22 do not apply to the acts prescribed in the following items, as defined in the classification of unfair competition under those items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第二条第一項第一号、第二号、第二十号及び第二十二号に掲げる不正競争　商品若しくは営業の普通名称（ぶどうを原料又は材料とする物の原産地の名称であって、普通名称となったものを除く。）若しくは同一若しくは類似の商品若しくは営業について慣用されている商品等表示（以下「普通名称等」と総称する。）を普通に用いられる方法で使用し、若しくは表示をし、又は普通名称等を普通に用いられる方法で使用し、若しくは表示をした商品を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為（同項第二十号及び第二十二号に掲げる不正競争の場合にあっては、普通名称等を普通に用いられる方法で表示をし、又は使用して役務を提供する行為を含む。）
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-1</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i), (ii), (xx), and (xxii):the act of using or indicating a common name for goods or business (excluding the name of a place of origin of things made from grapes or using grapes as an ingredient, which has become a common name), or using an indication of goods or business that is in common usage for identical or similar goods or business (collectively referred to as "common name, etc." below), in the manner this is normally done, or the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines goods that use or indicate a common name in the way this is normally done (including the act of providing services while indicating or using a common name, etc. in the way this is normally done, in cases of unfair competition stated in items (xx) and (xxii) of the same paragraph);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第二条第一項第一号、第二号及び第二十二号に掲げる不正競争　自己の氏名を不正の目的（不正の利益を得る目的、他人に損害を加える目的その他の不正の目的をいう。以下同じ。）でなく使用し、又は自己の氏名を不正の目的でなく使用した商品を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為（同号に掲げる不正競争の場合にあっては、自己の氏名を不正の目的でなく使用して役務を提供する行為を含む。）
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-2</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i), (ii), and (xxii):the act of using one's own name without wrongful purpose (meaning the purpose of making any wrongful gain, causing damage to others, or any other wrongful purpose; the same applies below), or the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines goods using one's own name without wrongful purpose (including the act of providing services while using one's own name without wrongful purpose, in cases of unfair competition stated in the same items);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第二条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる不正競争　商標法第四条第四項に規定する場合において商標登録がされた結果又は同法第八条第一項ただし書、第二項ただし書若しくは第五項ただし書の規定により商標登録がされた結果、同一の商品若しくは役務について使用（同法第二条第三項に規定する使用をいう。以下この号において同じ。）をする類似の登録商標（同法第二条第五項に規定する登録商標をいう。以下この号及び次項第二号において同じ。）又は類似の商品若しくは役務について使用をする同一若しくは類似の登録商標に係る商標権が異なった商標権者に属することとなった場合において、その一の登録商標に係る商標権者、専用使用権者又は通常使用権者が不正の目的でなく当該登録商標の使用をする行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-3</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii):in cases where, as a result of the trademark registration under Article 4, paragraph (4) of the Trademark Act, or as a result of the trademark registration pursuant to the provisions of the proviso of Article 8, paragraph (1), the proviso of Article 8, paragraph (2), or the proviso of Article 8, paragraph (5) of the same Act, a trademark right to a similar registered trademark (meaning a registered trademark as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the same Act; the same applies in this item and item (ii) of the following paragraph) to be used (meaning the use prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the same Act; the same applies in this item below) for identical goods or services, or a trademark right to an identical or similar registered trademark to be used for similar goods or services, has come to belong to different holders of trademark rights, the act of the holders of trademark right, whether exclusive or non-exclusive, using the registered trademark without wrongful purpose;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第二条第一項第一号に掲げる不正競争　他人の商品等表示が需要者の間に広く認識される前からその商品等表示と同一若しくは類似の商品等表示を使用する者又はその商品等表示に係る業務を承継した者がその商品等表示を不正の目的でなく使用し、又はその商品等表示を不正の目的でなく使用した商品を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-4</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i):the act of a person using an indication of goods or business that is identical or similar to another person's indication of goods or business, prior to the other person's indication becoming well-known among consumers; or the act of a person succeeding to a business related to that indication of goods or business and using that indication without wrongful purpose; or the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines goods using that indication without wrongful purpose;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  第二条第一項第二号に掲げる不正競争　他人の商品等表示が著名になる前からその商品等表示と同一若しくは類似の商品等表示を使用する者又はその商品等表示に係る業務を承継した者がその商品等表示を不正の目的でなく使用し、又はその商品等表示を不正の目的でなく使用した商品を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-5</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii):the act of a person using an indication of goods or business that is identical or similar to another person's indication of goods or business, prior to the other person's indication becoming famous; or the act of a person succeeding to a business related to that indication of goods or business and using that indication without wrongful purpose; or the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines goods using that indication without wrongful purpose;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  第二条第一項第三号に掲げる不正競争　次のいずれかに掲げる行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-6</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii): any of the following acts:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  日本国内において最初に販売された日から起算して三年を経過した商品について、その商品の形態を模倣した商品を譲渡し、貸し渡し、譲渡若しくは貸渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、又は電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為
    <sup>art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-1</sup>
    the act of transferring, leasing, displaying for the purpose of transfer or lease, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines goods that imitate the form of goods if three years have elapsed since the date they were first sold in Japan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  他人の商品の形態を模倣した商品を譲り受けた者（その譲り受けた時にその商品が他人の商品の形態を模倣した商品であることを知らず、かつ、知らないことにつき重大な過失がない者に限る。）がその商品を譲渡し、貸し渡し、譲渡若しくは貸渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、又は電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為
    <sup>art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-6/sub-2</sup>
    the act by a person that has received goods that imitate the form of another person's goods through transfer (limited to a person that, at the time of receiving the goods, did not know, without gross negligence, that the goods imitated the form of another person's goods), of transferring, leasing, displaying for the purpose of transfer or lease, exporting, importing, or providing the goods through telecommunications lines;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **七**  第二条第一項第四号から第九号までに掲げる不正競争　取引によって営業秘密を取得した者（その取得した時にその営業秘密について営業秘密不正開示行為であること又はその営業秘密について営業秘密不正取得行為若しくは営業秘密不正開示行為が介在したことを知らず、かつ、知らないことにつき重大な過失がない者に限る。）がその取引によって取得した権原の範囲内においてその営業秘密を使用し、又は開示する行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-7</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (ix):the act by a person that has acquired trade secrets through a transaction (limited to a person that, at the time of acquiring the trade secrets, did not know, without gross negligence, that the disclosure of those trade secrets was an act of improper disclosure or that there had been an intervening act of wrongful acquisition or improper disclosure of trade secrets with regard to the trade secrets in question), of using or disclosing the trade secrets within the scope of the title acquired through the transaction;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **八**  第二条第一項第十号に掲げる不正競争　第十五条第一項の規定により同項に規定する権利が消滅した後にその営業秘密を使用する行為により生じた物を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、又は電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-8</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x):the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing, or providing through telecommunications lines things created by the use of trade secrets after the rights prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) have been extinguished pursuant to that paragraph;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **九**  第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号までに掲げる不正競争　次のいずれかに掲げる行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-9</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (xi) through (xvi): any of the following acts:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  取引によって限定提供データを取得した者（その取得した時にその限定提供データについて限定提供データ不正開示行為であること又はその限定提供データについて限定提供データ不正取得行為若しくは限定提供データ不正開示行為が介在したことを知らない者に限る。）がその取引によって取得した権原の範囲内においてその限定提供データを開示する行為
    <sup>art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-1</sup>
    the act by a person that has acquired shared data with limited access through a transaction (limited to a person that, at the time of acquiring the shared data with limited access, was unaware that the disclosure of that data was an act of improper disclosure or that there had been an act of wrongful acquisition or improper disclosure of shared data with limited access with regard to that data), of disclosing the shared data with limited access within the scope of the title acquired through the transaction;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  その相当量蓄積されている情報が無償で公衆に利用可能となっている情報と同一の限定提供データを取得し、又はその取得した限定提供データを使用し、若しくは開示する行為
    <sup>art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-9/sub-2</sup>
    the act of acquiring shared data with limited access in which the information accumulated to a significant extent is the same as any information that has been made publicly available without compensation, or the act of using or disclosing such acquired shared data with limited access;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **十**  第二条第一項第十七号及び第十八号に掲げる不正競争　技術的制限手段の試験又は研究のために用いられる同項第十七号及び第十八号に規定する装置、これらの号に規定するプログラム若しくは指令符号を記録した記録媒体若しくは記憶した機器を譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、若しくは輸入し、若しくは当該プログラム若しくは指令符号を電気通信回線を通じて提供する行為又は技術的制限手段の試験又は研究のために行われるこれらの号に規定する役務を提供する行為
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-10</sup>
  unfair competition as stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (xvii) and (xviii):the act of transferring, delivering, displaying for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exporting, importing a device prescribed in items (xvii) and (xviii) of the same paragraph; a recording medium on which a program or code prescribed in those items has been recorded; or a machine on which a program or code prescribed in the same items has been stored, where the device, recording medium, or machine is used for testing or research related to technological restriction measures; the act of providing the program or the code through telecommunications lines; or the act of providing a service prescribed in those items, conducted for testing or research on technological restriction measures.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項第二号から第四号までに定める行為によって営業上の利益を侵害され、又は侵害されるおそれがある者は、次の各号に掲げる行為の区分に応じて当該各号に定める者に対し、自己の商品又は営業との混同を防ぐのに適当な表示を付すべきことを請求することができる。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-2</sup>
A person whose business interests have been or are likely to be harmed by any of the acts of infringement prescribed in items (ii) through (iv) of the preceding paragraph may request another person, prescribed in each of the following items and defined in the classification of acts under these items, to affix an indication appropriate to prevent confusion between that person's goods or business and their own:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  前項第二号に定める行為　自己の氏名を使用する者（自己の氏名を使用した商品を自ら譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、又は電気通信回線を通じて提供する者を含む。）
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-2/item-1</sup>
  acts prescribed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph:the person using their own name (including the person that personally assigns, delivers, displays for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exports, imports, or provides through telecommunications lines goods using their own name);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  前項第三号に定める行為　同号の一の登録商標に係る商標権者、専用使用権者及び通常使用権者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-2/item-2</sup>
  the act prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph:the holder of the trademark right, the exclusive right to use the trademark, and the non-exclusive right to use the trademark relating to one of the registered trademarks referred to in the same item; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前項第四号に定める行為　他人の商品等表示と同一又は類似の商品等表示を使用する者及びその商品等表示に係る業務を承継した者（その商品等表示を使用した商品を自ら譲渡し、引き渡し、譲渡若しくは引渡しのために展示し、輸出し、輸入し、又は電気通信回線を通じて提供する者を含む。）
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-2/item-3</sup>
  acts prescribed in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph:the person using an indication of goods or business that is identical or similar to another person's indication of goods or business, and the person that has succeeded to a business related to that indication (including the person that personally assigns, delivers, displays for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exports, imports, or provides through telecommunications lines goods using that indication).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "acts prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph:the person using an indication of goods or business that is identical or similar to another person's indication of goods or business, and the person that has succeeded to a business related to that indication (including the person that personally assigns, delivers, displays for the purpose of transfer or delivery, exports, imports, or provides through telecommunications lines goods using that indication)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb</sup>

### 第十九条の二（営業秘密に関する訴えの管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Actions Involving Trade Secrets)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2</sup>

**第一項**  日本国内において事業を行う営業秘密保有者の営業秘密であって、日本国内において管理されているものに関する第二条第一項第四号、第五号、第七号又は第八号に掲げる不正競争を行った者に対する訴えは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。ただし、当該営業秘密が専ら日本国外において事業の用に供されるものである場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-1</sup>
An action against a person that commits any act of unfair competition stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii) or (viii), in connection with a trade secret of a trade secret holder conducting business within Japan, may be filed with a Japanese court; provided, however, that this does not apply if the trade secret is used exclusively for business outside Japan.
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**第二項**  民事訴訟法第十条の二の規定は、前項の規定により日本の裁判所が管轄権を有する訴えについて準用する。この場合において、同条中「前節」とあるのは、「不正競争防止法第十九条の二第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 10-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to an action over which the Japanese courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the preceding Section" in that Article is to be replaced with "Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act".
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### 第十九条の三（適用範囲） — (Scope of Application)
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<sup>art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-3</sup>

**第一項**  第一章、第二章及びこの章の規定は、日本国内において事業を行う営業秘密保有者の営業秘密であって、日本国内において管理されているものに関し、日本国外において第二条第一項第四号、第五号、第七号又は第八号に掲げる不正競争を行う場合についても、適用する。ただし、当該営業秘密が専ら日本国外において事業の用に供されるものである場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Chapter I, Chapter II, and this Chapter also apply if a person commits an act of unfair competition stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii), or (viii) outside Japan, in connection with a trade secret managed within Japan by a trade secret holder; provided, however, that this does not apply if the trade secret is used exclusively for business outside Japan.
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### 第十九条の四（政令等への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order)
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<sup>art-19-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に定めるもののほか、没収保全と滞納処分との手続の調整について必要な事項で、滞納処分に関するものは、政令で定める。
<sup>art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, the matters concerning measures to collect arrears, which are necessary for the procedural alignment between those measures and the direct freezing of assets are to be specified by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  この法律に定めるもののほか、第三十二条の規定による第三者の参加及び裁判に関する手続、第八章に規定する没収保全及び追徴保全に関する手続並びに第九章に規定する国際共助手続について必要な事項（前項に規定する事項を除く。）は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
<sup>art-19-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-2</sup>
Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, matters necessary for procedures concerning a third party's participation and a judicial decision under Article 32, procedures for the direct freezing of assets and the value freezing of assets under Chapter VIII, and procedures for international mutual legal assistance under Chapter IX (excluding matters prescribed in the preceding paragraph) are to be specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
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### 第二十条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures)
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<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-20</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の規定に基づき政令又は経済産業省令を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、その政令又は経済産業省令で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。
<sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-20/par-1</sup>
If Cabinet Orders or Orders of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are enacted, amended, or repealed pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the required transitional measures (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) may be specified by that Cabinet Order or Ministerial Order, to the extent considered reasonably necessary for the enactment, amendment or repeal.
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## Cites
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-10
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-11
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-12
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-13
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-14
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-15
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-4
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-5
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第五条の二 (Article 5-2), art-5-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-5-2
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-6
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-7
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-8
- art-19/par-1: 第三条から第十五条まで → 不正競争防止法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-9
- art-19/par-1: 第二十一条 → 不正競争防止法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21
- art-19/par-1: 第二十二条 → 不正競争防止法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-22
- art-19/par-1/item-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-19/par-1/item-1: 第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-1/item-1: 第二十号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二十号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xx)), art-2/par-1/item-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-20
- art-19/par-1/item-1: 第二十二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二十二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxii)), art-2/par-1/item-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-22
- art-19/par-1/item-2: 第二条第一項第一号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-19/par-1/item-2: 第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-1/item-2: 第二十二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二十二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxii)), art-2/par-1/item-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-22
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 第二条第一項第一号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 商標法第四条第四項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 同法第八条第一項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 第五項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第八条第五項 (Article 8, paragraph (5)), art-8/par-5 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 同法第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: この号 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第三号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-3
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 同法第二条第五項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000127, 第二条第五項 (Article 2, paragraph (5)), art-2/par-5 — not held in this collection
- art-19/par-1/item-3: 次項第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第二項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-19/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-2/item-2
- art-19/par-1/item-4: 第二条第一項第一号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-19/par-1/item-5: 第二条第一項第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-1/item-6: 第二条第一項第三号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-3
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-4
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-5
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-2/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-6
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-7
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-8
- art-19/par-1/item-7: 第二条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第九号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-2/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-9
- art-19/par-1/item-8: 第二条第一項第十号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-2/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-10
- art-19/par-1/item-8: 第十五条第一項 → 不正競争防止法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-15/par-1
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xi)), art-2/par-1/item-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-11
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-2/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-12
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)), art-2/par-1/item-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-13
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)), art-2/par-1/item-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-14
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)), art-2/par-1/item-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-15
- art-19/par-1/item-9: 第二条第一項第十一号から第十六号まで → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xvi)), art-2/par-1/item-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-16
- art-19/par-1/item-10: 第二条第一項第十七号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)), art-2/par-1/item-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-17
- art-19/par-1/item-10: 第十八号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第十八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii)), art-2/par-1/item-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-18
- art-19/par-2: 前項第二号から第四号まで → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-2: 前項第二号から第四号まで → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第三号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-3
- art-19/par-2: 前項第二号から第四号まで → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第四号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-19/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-4
- art-19/par-2/item-1: 前項第二号 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-2/item-2: 前項第三号 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第三号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-3
- art-19/par-2/item-3: 前項第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項第四号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-19/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1/item-4
- art-19-2/par-1: 第二条第一項第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-4
- art-19-2/par-1: 第五号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-5
- art-19-2/par-1: 第七号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-7
- art-19-2/par-1: 第八号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-8
- art-19-2/par-2: 民事訴訟法第十条の二 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第十条の二 (Article 10-2), art-10-2 — not held in this collection
- art-19-2/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条の二第一項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (1)), art-19-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-1
- art-19-3/par-1: 第二条第一項第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-4
- art-19-3/par-1: 第五号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-5
- art-19-3/par-1: 第七号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-7
- art-19-3/par-1: 第八号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-8
- art-19-4/par-2: 第三十二条 → 不正競争防止法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-32
- art-19-4/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条の四第一項 (Article 19-4, paragraph (1)), art-19-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-1

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