# 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-5041-68`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-68
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-68
- 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.

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## 附　則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号
<sup>suppl-5041-68 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-68</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、刑法等一部改正法施行日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5041-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-68/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc.; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  第五百九条の規定　公布の日
<sup>suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1</sup>
the provisions of Article 509: the date of promulgation
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch unfair-competition-prevention-act-20261011T031431-004, translated 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch unfair-competition-prevention-act-20261011T031431-005, 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