# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の三十四 (Article 104-34)

- Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号
- English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百四条の三十四 (Article 104-34)（登録の手続及び要件等） — address `art-104-34`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34
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### 第百四条の三十四（登録の手続及び要件等） — Procedures and Requirements for Registration, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-104-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の登録（以下この節において「登録」という。）は、確認等事務を行おうとする者の申請により行う。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-1</sup>
  The registration referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter in this Section referred to as "registration") is made upon the application of a person that intends to carry out verification and other affairs.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  登録を受けようとする者は、文部科学省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を記載した申請書を文化庁長官に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-2</sup>
  A person that seeks to receive registration must, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, submit a written application stating the following particulars to the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  登録を受けようとする者の氏名及び住所（法人にあつては、その名称、代表者の氏名及び主たる事務所の所在地）
    <sup>art-104-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the name and address of the person that seeks to receive registration (for a corporation, its name, the name of its representative and the location of its principal office);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  その他文部科学省令で定める事項
    <sup>art-104-34/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-2/item-2</sup>
    other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  文化庁長官は、登録の申請が次の各号のいずれにも適合していると認めるときは、登録をするものとする。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-3</sup>
  The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is to grant registration if the Commissioner finds that the application for registration conforms to all of the following items:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  確認等事務に従事する者のうちに文部科学省令で定める著作権及び著作隣接権の管理に関する経験を有する者が一人以上含まれていること。
    <sup>art-104-34/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-3/item-1</sup>
    the persons engaged in verification and other affairs include one or more persons who have experience in the management of copyright and neighboring rights as specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  確認等事務に従事する者のうちに使用料相当額算出に必要な知識及び経験として文部科学省令で定めるものを有する者が一人以上含まれていること。
    <sup>art-104-34/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-3/item-2</sup>
    the persons engaged in verification and other affairs include one or more persons who have the knowledge and experience necessary for calculation of the royalty-equivalent amount, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、登録を受けることができない。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4</sup>
  A person that falls under any of the following items cannot receive registration:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者
    <sup>art-104-34/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-1</sup>
    a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or sentenced to a fine under the provisions of this Act, and for whom two years have not elapsed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;
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    **二**  第百四条の四十五第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して二年を経過しない者（登録を取り消された者が法人である場合においては、当該取消しの処分に係る行政手続法第十五条の規定による通知があつた日前六十日以内に当該法人の役員であつた者でその取消しの日から二年を経過しないものを含む。）
    <sup>art-104-34/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-2</sup>
    a person whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-45, paragraph (1) or (2) and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date of the rescission (where the person whose registration was rescinded is a corporation, this includes a person who was an officer of that corporation within sixty days before the date of the notice under Article 15 of the Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to the disposition of rescission and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date of the rescission);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  法人であつて、その役員のうちに前二号のいずれかに該当する者があるもの
    <sup>art-104-34/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-3</sup>
    a corporation, any of whose officers fall under any of the preceding two items.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  登録は、登録確認機関登録簿に、第二項第一号に掲げる事項その他の文部科学省令で定める事項を記載してするものとする。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-5</sup>
  Registration is to be made by entering the matters set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the register of registered verification bodies.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  文化庁長官は、登録をしたときは、前項に規定する事項（文部科学省令で定めるものを除く。）を官報で告示するものとする。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-6</sup>
  When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has granted registration, the Commissioner is to give public notice of the matters prescribed in the preceding paragraph (excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in the Official Gazette.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第七項**  登録確認機関は、第二項各号に掲げる事項を変更するときは、その二週間前までに、その旨を文化庁長官に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-7</sup>
  When a registered verification body is to change any of the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (2), it must notify the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs to that effect by two weeks before the change.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第八項**  文化庁長官は、第六項に規定する事項について前項の規定による届出があつたときは、その旨を官報で告示するものとする。
  <sup>art-104-34/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-8</sup>
  When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has received a notification under the preceding paragraph with regard to the matters prescribed in paragraph (6), the Commissioner is to give public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-104-34/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十三第一項 (Article 104-33, paragraph (1)), art-104-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-33/par-1
- art-104-34/par-4/item-2: 第百四条の四十五第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第一項 (Article 104-45, paragraph (1)), art-104-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-1
- art-104-34/par-4/item-2: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第二項 (Article 104-45, paragraph (2)), art-104-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-2
- art-104-34/par-4/item-2: 行政手続法第十五条 → 行政手続法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15
- art-104-34/par-4/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第四項第一号 (Article 104-34, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-104-34/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-1
- art-104-34/par-4/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第四項第二号 (Article 104-34, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-104-34/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-2
- art-104-34/par-5: 第二項第一号 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第二項第一号 (Article 104-34, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-104-34/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-2/item-1
- art-104-34/par-6: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第五項 (Article 104-34, paragraph (5)), art-104-34/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-5
- art-104-34/par-7: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第二項 (Article 104-34, paragraph (2)), art-104-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-2
- art-104-34/par-8: 第六項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第六項 (Article 104-34, paragraph (6)), art-104-34/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-6
- art-104-34/par-8: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第七項 (Article 104-34, paragraph (7)), art-104-34/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-7

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第四項第三号（登録の手続及び要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-4/item-3
- 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第五項（登録の手続及び要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-5
- 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第六項（登録の手続及び要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-6
- 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第七項（登録の手続及び要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-7
- 著作権法 第百四条の三十四第八項（登録の手続及び要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-34/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-34/par-8
- 著作権法 第百四条の四十二第一項（適合命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-42/par-1
- 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第一項第二号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-1/item-2
- 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第二項第一号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-2/item-1
- 著作権法 附則第四条第一項（登録確認機関の登録等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-4/par-1
- 著作権法 附則第四条第二項（登録確認機関の登録等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-4/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-007, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19