# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4171-75` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一七年六月二九日法律第七五号 suppl-4171-75 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-75/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4171-75/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 1 year from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-75/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-2 **第一項** 第一条の規定による改正後の不正競争防止法第二条第一項第三号の規定は、この法律の施行後にした同号に掲げる行為について適用し、この法律の施行前にした第一条の規定による改正前の不正競争防止法第二条第一項第三号に掲げる行為については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4171-75/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act as amended by Article 1 apply to acts set forth in that item committed after this Act comes into effect, and, with regard to acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-75/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-5 **第一項** 附則第二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4171-75/art-2/par-1: 不正競争防止法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 - suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1: 附則第二条 → 不正競争防止法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4171-75/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 附則第五条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4171-75/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch unfair-competition-prevention-act-20261011T031431-002, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch unfair-competition-prevention-act-20261011T031431-003, translated 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