Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2004.
この法律は、平成十六年一月一日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection for Cinematographic Works
第二条（映画の著作物の保護期間についての経過措置）
The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copyright Act (referred to as "the new Act" in the following Article) apply to a cinematographic 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 cinematographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, if the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Copyright Act (Act No. 39 of 1899) is after the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the duration of copyright for a cinematographic work that is created before the Copyright Act comes into effect and which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is until the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Copyright Act.
著作権法の施行前に創作された映画の著作物であって、同法附則第七条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされるものの著作権の存続期間は、旧著作権法（明治三十二年法律第三十九号）による著作権の存続期間の満了する日が新法第五十四条第一項の規定による期間の満了する日後の日であるときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、旧著作権法による著作権の存続期間の満了する日までの間とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measure for Penal Provisions
第四条（罰則についての経過措置）
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。