Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置）
The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (i) through (iii) of the Copyright Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect, to an administrative organ (meaning an administrative organ as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999)), an incorporated administrative agency, etc. (meaning an incorporated administrative agency, etc. as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 140 of 2001)), or a local government agency or local incorporated administrative agency (meaning a Local Incorporated Administrative Agency as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Local Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 118 of 2003); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and that is transferred to the National Archives of Japan, etc. (meaning the National Archives of Japan, etc. provided for in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Act No. 66 of 2009; hereinafter referred to as the "Public Records Management Act" in this paragraph); the same applies in the following paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Public Records Management Act or is transferred to the local archives, etc. (meaning facilities provided for by public records management ordinance (meaning ordinance of local government agencies prescribing the appropriate preservation and use of historical public records and archives (meaning historical public records and archives provided for in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Public Records Management Act; the same applies in this paragraph) held by that local government agency or by local incorporated administrative agencies; the same applies in this paragraph) as facilities for the appropriate preservation and use of historical public records and archives; the same applies in the following paragraph) pursuant to public records management ordinance.
この法律による改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）第十八条第三項第一号から第三号までの規定は、前条第二号に掲げる規定の施行前に著作者が行政機関（行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号）第二条第一項に規定する行政機関をいう。）、独立行政法人等（独立行政法人等の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百四十号）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人等をいう。）又は地方公共団体若しくは地方独立行政法人（地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第一項に規定する地方独立行政法人をいう。以下この項において同じ。）に提供した著作物でまだ公表されていないもの（その著作者の同意を得ないで公表された著作物を含む。）であって、公文書等の管理に関する法律（平成二十一年法律第六十六号。以下この項において「公文書管理法」という。）第八条第一項若しくは第十一条第四項の規定により国立公文書館等（公文書管理法第二条第三項に規定する国立公文書館等をいう。次項において同じ。）に移管されたもの又は公文書管理条例（地方公共団体又は地方独立行政法人の保有する歴史公文書等（公文書管理法第二条第六項に規定する歴史公文書等をいう。以下この項において同じ。）の適切な保存及び利用について定める当該地方公共団体の条例をいう。以下この項において同じ。）に基づき地方公文書館等（歴史公文書等の適切な保存及び利用を図る施設として公文書管理条例が定める施設をいう。次項において同じ。）に移管されたものについては、適用しない。
The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (iv) and (v) of the new Act do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect, to the National Archives of Japan or the local archives, etc.
(Right to Make a Work Public)
the author makes available a work not yet made public to an administrative organ (meaning an administrative organ provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by…
その著作物でまだ公表されていないものを行政機関（行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号。以下「行政機関情報公開法」という。）第二条第一項に規定する行政機関をいう。以下同じ。）に提供した場合（行政機関情報公開法第九条第一項の規定による開示する旨の決定の時までに別段の意思表示をした場合を除く。…
Open this provision(Right to Make a Work Public)
the author makes available a work not yet made public to an incorporated administrative agency, etc. (meaning an incorporated administrative agency, etc. provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of…
その著作物でまだ公表されていないものを独立行政法人等（独立行政法人等の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百四十号。以下「独立行政法人等情報公開法」という。）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人等をいう。以下同じ。）に提供した場合（独立行政法人等情報公開法第九条第一項の規定による開示する旨の決定の時までに別…
Open this provision(Right to Make a Work Public)
the author makes available a work not yet made public to a local government agency or local incorporated administrative agency…
その著作物でまだ公表されていないものを地方公共団体又は地方独立行政法人に提供した場合（開示する旨の決定の時までに別段の意思表示をした場合を除く。） 情報公開条例（地方公共団体又は地方独立行政法人の保有する情報の公開を請求する住民等の権利について定める当該地方公共団体の条例をいう。以下同じ。）の規定により当該地方公共団…
Open this provision(Right to Make a Work Public)
the author makes available a work not yet made public to the National Archives of Japan, etc. (unless the author manifests an intention to the contrary by the time of the decision to permit the use…
その著作物でまだ公表されていないものを国立公文書館等に提供した場合（公文書管理法第十六条第一項の規定による利用をさせる旨の決定の時までに別段の意思表示をした場合を除く。） 同項の規定により国立公文書館等の長が当該著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示すること。
Open this provision(Right to Make a Work Public)
the author makes available a work not yet made public to the local archives, etc. (unless the author manifests an intention to the contrary by the time of the decision to permit the use of that work…
その著作物でまだ公表されていないものを地方公文書館等に提供した場合（公文書管理条例の規定による利用をさせる旨の決定の時までに別段の意思表示をした場合を除く。） 公文書管理条例の規定により地方公文書館等の長が当該著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示すること。
Open this provision(Effective Date)
the provisions which amend Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xx) and Article 18, paragraphs (3) and (4); the provisions adding an item to Article 19, paragraph (4); the provisions amending Article 30…
第二条第一項第二十号並びに第十八条第三項及び第四項の改正規定、第十九条第四項に一号を加える改正規定、第三十条第一項第二号の改正規定、第四十二条の三を第四十二条の四とし、第四十二条の二の次に一条を加える改正規定、第四十七条の九の改正規定（「又は第四十六条」を「、第四十二条の三第二項又は第四十六条」に改める部分に限る。）…
Open this provision(Transitional Measures)
The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (i) through (iii) of the Copyright Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply to a work not yet made public…
この法律による改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）第十八条第三項第一号から第三号までの規定は、前条第二号に掲げる規定の施行前に著作者が行政機関（行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号）第二条第一項に規定する行政機関をいう。）…
Open this provision(Transitional Measures)
The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (iv) and (v) of the new Act do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the…
新法第十八条第三項第四号及び第五号の規定は、前条第二号に掲げる規定の施行前に著作者が国立公文書館等又は地方公文書館等に提供した著作物でまだ公表されていないもの（その著作者の同意を得ないで公表された著作物を含む。）については、適用しない。
Open this provision(Definitions)
The term "administrative organ" as used in this Act means the following organs:
この法律において「行政機関」とは、次に掲げる機関をいう。
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「著作物」
A creative expression of thoughts or feelings falling within the literary, academic, artistic or musical domain — a work in the narrow sense, as distinct from 著作物等 (works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts), which the Ministry's English also calls 'work'.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
author
「著作者」
The person who creates a work (著作物).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
administrative organmachine translation
「行政機関」
An administrative organ (行政機関) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs: the national bodies listed there — those placed in or under the Cabinet (内閣) by law, the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁), the ministries, commissions and agencies, certain facilities and special bodies a Cabinet Order (政令) designates, and the Board of Audit (会計検査院).
Defined inArticle 18, paragraph (3), item (i)
incorporated administrative agency, etc.machine translation
「独立行政法人等」
The bodies Article 2(1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Incorporated Administrative Agencies defines by this name: the incorporated administrative agencies (独立行政法人) of Article 2(1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies, and the corporations listed in its own Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 18, paragraph (3), item (ii)
public records management ordinancemachine translation
「公文書管理条例」
A local government's ordinance (条例) setting rules for the proper preservation and use of the historical public records and archives (歴史公文書等) held by that local government or by a local incorporated administrative agency (地方独立行政法人).
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
Public Records Management Act
「公文書管理法」
Short name for the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Act No. 66 of 2009).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
National Archives of Japan, etc.machine translation
「国立公文書館等」
The archives facilities defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Public Records and Archives Management Act: the archives established by the National Archives of Japan (国立公文書館), an incorporated administrative agency, and the facilities of administrative organs and of incorporated administrative agencies, etc. that a Cabinet Order (政令) designates as having similar functions.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
local archives, etc.machine translation
「地方公文書館等」
A facility that a public records management ordinance (公文書管理条例) designates as one for the proper preservation and use of historical public records and archives (歴史公文書等).
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
local incorporated administrative agencymachine translation
「地方独立行政法人」
A corporation that a local government (地方公共団体) sets up under the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act to carry out, efficiently and effectively, public work in its area that must be done reliably, that the local government need not do itself, and that it judges might not get done if left to the private sector, as Article 2(1) of that Act defines it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
the new Act
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 43 of 2012.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
historical public records and archivesmachine translation
「歴史公文書等」
Public records and other documents that are important as historical materials, as Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Public Records and Archives Management Act defines them.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283). Its assembly (議会), whose members the residents elect, passes it (Articles 89 and 96, paragraph (1), item (i)), and its head — the governor or the mayor (Article 139) — promulgates it, that is, makes it public so that it can take effect (Article 16). The Constitution lets local governments make them within the limits of Acts (Constitution, Article 94), and one may not go against the national laws and regulations (法令), such as Acts, Cabinet Orders (政令) and Ministerial Orders (省令) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 14, paragraph (1)). Unless national laws and regulations provide otherwise, a local government can impose a duty or restrict a right only by one of these (Article 14, paragraph (2)), and it may write into one penalties for breaking it, within limits the Local Autonomy Act sets (Article 14, paragraph (3)). It is made for that local government's own affairs (Article 2, paragraph (2) and Article 14, paragraph (1)), so the same matter can be handled differently from one place to the next. It is a local rule, not a national one: an "ordinance" in the name of a national rule, such as an Ordinance for Enforcement of an Act, is usually a Ministerial Order (省令) or another national instrument.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.