# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百十四条の八 (Article 114-8) - 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: 第百十四条の八 (Article 114-8)（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — address `art-114-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8 - 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. --- ### 第百十四条の八（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — (Notice of a Request to Inspect Case Records; Related Matters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-114-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8 **第一項** 秘密保持命令が発せられた訴訟（全ての秘密保持命令が取り消された訴訟を除く。）に係る訴訟記録につき、民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の決定があつた場合において、当事者から同項に規定する秘密記載部分の閲覧等の請求があり、かつ、その請求の手続を行つた者が当該訴訟において秘密保持命令を受けていない者であるときは、裁判所書記官は、同項の申立てをした当事者（その請求をした者を除く。第三項において同じ。）に対し、その請求後直ちに、その請求があつた旨を通知しなければならない。 art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1 In the event that the ruling provided for in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure is reached with regard to cases record in connection with litigation in which a confidentiality protective order has been issued (excluding litigation with regard to which all confidentiality protective orders have been cancelled), if a party to cases requests to inspect, etc. a portion of cases record in which a secret provided for in that paragraph is entered, and the person filing such request is not subject to the confidentiality protective order in the relevant litigation, the court clerk, immediately after such request is filed, must notify the party that filed the petition referred to in that paragraph (unless the person filing that petition is the person filing the request; the same applies in paragraph (3)) that the request has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所書記官は、同項の請求があつた日から二週間を経過する日までの間（その請求の手続を行つた者に対する秘密保持命令の申立てがその日までにされた場合にあつては、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまでの間）、その請求の手続を行つた者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせてはならない。 art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-2 In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court clerk must not allow the person filing the request to inspect, etc. a portion of cases record in which a secret as referred to in that paragraph is entered, until two weeks have passed since the day the court clerk receives the request (or if, during those two weeks, a petition for a confidentiality protective order is filed against the person filing the request, the court clerk must not allow the person filing the request to inspect, etc. such a portion of cases record until the judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第一項の請求をした者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせることについて民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の申立てをした当事者のすべての同意があるときは、適用しない。 art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if all parties concerned that have filed a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure agree to allow the person filing the request referred to in paragraph (1) to inspect, etc. the portions of cases record in which the secrets referred to in that paragraph are entered. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114-8/par-1: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1 - art-114-8/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第三項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (3)), art-114-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-3 - art-114-8/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第一項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (1)), art-114-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1 - art-114-8/par-3: 前二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第一項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (1)), art-114-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1 - art-114-8/par-3: 前二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第二項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (2)), art-114-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-2 - art-114-8/par-3: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百十四条の八第一項（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1 - 著作権法 第百十四条の八第二項（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-2 - 著作権法 第百十四条の八第三項（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第三条第一項第五号（特許法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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