# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百十四条の三 (Article 114-3) - 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: 第百十四条の三 (Article 114-3)（書類の提出等） — address `art-114-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3 - 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. --- ### 第百十四条の三（書類の提出等） — (Submission of Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3 **第一項** 裁判所は、著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟においては、当事者の申立てにより、当事者に対し、当該侵害の行為について立証するため、又は当該侵害の行為による損害の計算をするため必要な書類又は電磁的記録の提出を命ずることができる。ただし、その書類の所持者又はその電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者においてその提出を拒むことについて正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。 art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1 In litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of performers, or neighboring rights, the court, at the petition of a party, may order a party to submit documents or electronic or magnetic records that are needed to prove the relevant act of infringement or to calculate the damage caused by the relevant act of infringement; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person in possession of such documents or the person with the authority to use such electronic or magnetic records has just cause for refusing to submit them. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、前項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかの判断をするため必要があると認めるときは、書類の所持者又は電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者にその提示をさせることができる。この場合においては、何人も、その提示された書類又は電磁的記録の開示を求めることができない。 art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2 If the court finds it necessary for determining whether or not the documents or electronic or magnetic records subject to the motion under the main clause of the preceding paragraph fall within the scope of documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether or not there are reasonable grounds as provided in the proviso of the same paragraph, the court may have the holder of the documents or a person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic records present those documents or electronic or magnetic records to the court. In this case, no person may request the disclosure of the presented documents or electronic or magnetic records. machine translation, not official **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の場合において、第一項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかについて前項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示してその意見を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者等（当事者（法人である場合にあつては、その代表者）又は当事者の代理人（訴訟代理人及び補佐人を除く。）、使用人その他の従業者をいう。第百十四条の六第一項において同じ。）、訴訟代理人又は補佐人に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。 art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3 In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds that it is necessary to disclose a document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph and hear opinions with regard to whether the document or electronic or magnetic record submitted upon filing the petition referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1) constitutes the document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether the just cause provided for in the proviso to the same paragraph is present, the court may disclose that document or electronic or magnetic record to the parties, etc. (meaning the parties (or if a party is a corporation, its representative), or the parties' agents (other than litigation representatives and assistants in court), employees, or any other worker; the same applies in Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), their litigation representatives, or their assistants in court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 裁判所は、第二項の場合において、同項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示して専門的な知見に基づく説明を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者の同意を得て、民事訴訟法第一編第五章第二節第一款に規定する専門委員に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。 art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-4 In a case referred to in paragraph (2), if the court finds that it is necessary to disclose a document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the second sentence of the same paragraph and hear an explanation based on expert knowledge, the court may disclose the document or electronic or magnetic record to a technical adviser as provided in Part I, Chapter V, Section 2, Subsection 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, with the consent of the parties. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前各項の規定は、著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟における当該侵害の行為について立証するため必要な検証の目的の提示について準用する。 art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the presentation of the object of any inspection that is necessary for proving the relevant act of infringement in litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of a performer, or neighboring rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114-3/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1 - art-114-3/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2 - art-114-3/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1 - art-114-3/par-3: 第百十四条の六第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1 - art-114-3/par-4: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2 - art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1 - art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2 - art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第三項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (3)), art-114-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3 - art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第四項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (4)), art-114-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2 - 著作権法 第百十四条の三第三項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3 - 著作権法 第百十四条の三第四項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-4 - 著作権法 第百十四条の三第五項（書類の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-5 - 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項第一号（秘密保持命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T155604-001, 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