# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の四十六 (Article 104-46) - 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: 第百四条の四十六 (Article 104-46)（文化庁長官による確認等事務の実施） — address `art-104-46` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条の四十六（文化庁長官による確認等事務の実施） — Carrying Out of Verification and Other Affairs by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs caption: machine translation, not official art-104-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46 **第一項** 文化庁長官は、登録確認機関が第百四条の四十四第一項の許可を受けて確認等事務を休止し、若しくは廃止したとき、前条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により登録を取り消し、若しくは登録確認機関に対し確認等事務の停止を命じたとき、又は登録確認機関が天災その他の事由により確認等事務を実施することが困難となつた場合において必要があると認めるときは、確認等事務を自ら行うことができる。 art-104-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-1 The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may personally carry out the verification and other affairs when a registered verification body has suspended or discontinued the verification and other affairs with the permission under Article 104-44, paragraph (1), when the Commissioner has rescinded a registration or ordered a registered verification body to suspend the verification and other affairs under paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, or when the Commissioner finds it necessary in a case where it has become difficult for a registered verification body to carry out the verification and other affairs due to a natural disaster or any other cause. machine translation, not official **第二項** 文化庁長官は、前項の規定により確認等事務を自ら行うこととするとき、又は自ら行つていた確認等事務を行わないこととするときは、その旨を官報で告示するものとする。 art-104-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-2 When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is to carry out the verification and other affairs personally pursuant to the preceding paragraph, or is to cease carrying out verification and other affairs that the Commissioner has been carrying out personally, the Commissioner is to give public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette. machine translation, not official **第三項** 文化庁長官が第一項の規定により確認等事務を行うこととした場合における確認等事務の引継ぎその他の必要な事項は、文部科学省令で定める。 art-104-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-3 If the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has decided to carry out the verification and other affairs pursuant to paragraph (1), the handover of the verification and other affairs and other necessary matters are specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-104-46/par-1: 第百四条の四十四第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十四第一項 (Article 104-44, paragraph (1)), art-104-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-1 - art-104-46/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-104-46/par-1: 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-104-46/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十六第一項 (Article 104-46, paragraph (1)), art-104-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-1 - art-104-46/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十六第一項 (Article 104-46, paragraph (1)), art-104-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百四条の四十六第二項（文化庁長官による確認等事務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の四十六第三項（文化庁長官による確認等事務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-3 --- ## 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-20261019T151240-009, 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