Supplementary Provisions
附 則
This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within three months after the date of its promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月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。
Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of protection for a work (referred to as "the new Act" in the following paragraph) apply to a photographic work for which a copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a photographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.
Notwithstanding the new Act, if the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of the pre-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of protection (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") for a photographic work created before this Act comes into effect is after the day on which the duration expires under the new Act, the duration of copyright for such a photographic work is until the day on which the duration expires under the former Act.