# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百八条 (Article 108) - 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: 第百八条 (Article 108)（あつせんへの付託） — address `art-108` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八条（あつせんへの付託） — (Referral to Mediation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108 **第一項** 文化庁長官は、第百六条の規定に基づき当事者の双方からあつせんの申請があつたとき、又は当事者の一方からあつせんの申請があつた場合において他の当事者がこれに同意したときは、委員によるあつせんに付するものとする。 art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108/par-1 If the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs receives an application based on the provisions of Article 106 from both parties, or, if the Commissioner receives an application from one of the parties and the other party consents, the commissioner is to refer the matter to mediation by the mediators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 文化庁長官は、前項の申請があつた場合において、事件がその性質上あつせんをするのに適当でないと認めるとき、又は当事者が不当な目的でみだりにあつせんの申請をしたと認めるときは、あつせんに付さないことができる。 art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108/par-2 The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may refrain from referring a matter to mediation if the commissioner finds that the nature of cases renders it inappropriate for mediation, or if the commissioner finds that a party has applied for mediation without due cause and in pursuit of an unjustifiable end. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-108/par-1: 第百六条 → 著作権法 第百六条 (Article 106), art-106 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-106 - art-108/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百八条第一項 (Article 108, paragraph (1)), art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百八条第二項（あつせんへの付託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-108/par-2 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19