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Article 40Exploitation of Public Speeches, etc.

第四十条(公開の演説等の利用)

It is permissible to exploit a political speech or statement delivered in public, and a public statement given in judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings (meaning a ruling by an administrative agency or other proceedings equivalent to a trial; the same applies in Article 41-2), in any way, except for by making a compilation of speeches or statements by the same author.

公開して行われた政治上の演説又は陳述並びに裁判手続及び行政審判手続(行政庁の行う審判その他裁判に準ずる手続をいう。第四十一条の二において同じ。)における公開の陳述は、同一の著作者のものを編集して利用する場合を除き、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、利用することができる。

If it is found to be justified for the purpose of news reporting, it is permissible for a person to print a speech or statement that has been delivered in public by a national or local government agency, incorporated administrative agency, or local incorporated administrative agency, other than one under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in a newspaper or magazine; to broadcast or cablecast such a speech or statement, or to transmit such a speech or statement via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission; or to transmit such a speech or statement via simultaneous broadcasting.

国若しくは地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人又は地方独立行政法人において行われた公開の演説又は陳述は、前項の規定によるものを除き、報道の目的上正当と認められる場合には、新聞紙若しくは雑誌に掲載し、又は放送し、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、若しくは放送同時配信等を行うことができる。

It is permissible to publicly communicate a speech or statement that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, through a receiver.

前項の規定により放送され、有線放送され、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信が行われ、又は放送同時配信等が行われる演説又は陳述は、受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。

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