# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の三十八 (Article 104-38)

- 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: 第百四条の三十八 (Article 104-38)（定期報告） — address `art-104-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-38
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-38
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### 第百四条の三十八（定期報告） — Periodic Reports
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<sup>art-104-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-38</sup>

  **第一項**  登録確認機関は、確認等事務の実施状況について、文部科学省令で定めるところにより、定期的に、文化庁長官に報告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-104-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-38/par-1</sup>
  A registered verification body must periodically report to the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs on the status of implementation of the verification and other affairs, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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-20261019T151240-008, 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