Supplementary Provisions, Article 12Transitional Measures for Registrations
第十二条（登録についての経過措置）
Except in a case falling under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, a disposition or process connected with the registration of a copyright, registration of the author's true name, or registration of the date of first publication as referred to in Article 15 of the former Act is deemed to be the disposition or process connected with the corresponding registration as referred to in Article 75 to Article 77 of the new Act.
この法律の施行前にした旧法第十五条の著作権の登録、実名の登録及び第一発行年月日の登録に関する処分又は手続は、附則第十五条第三項の規定に該当する場合を除き、これらに相当する新法第七十五条から第七十七条までの登録に関する処分又は手続とみなす。
The provisions of Article 35, paragraph (5) of the former Act remain in force for a work whose date of authorship is registered as referred to in Article 15, paragraph (3) of the former Act as of the time this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際現に旧法第十五条第三項の著作年月日の登録がされている著作物については、旧法第三十五条第五項の規定は、なおその効力を有する。