# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33)

- 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（教科用図書等への掲載） — address `art-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三十三条（教科用図書等への掲載） — (Printing of Works in Textbooks)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33</sup>

    **第一項**  公表された著作物は、学校教育の目的上必要と認められる限度において、教科用図書（学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第三十四条第一項（同法第四十九条、第四十九条の八、第六十二条、第七十条第一項及び第八十二条において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する教科用図書をいう。以下同じ。）に掲載することができる。
    <sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-1</sup>
    It is permissible to print a work that has been made public in a textbook (meaning a textbook provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 49; Article 49-8; Article 62; Article 70, paragraph (1); and Article 82 of that Act); the same applies hereinafter), to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the purpose of school education.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "It is permissible to print a work that has been made public in a textbook (meaning a textbook provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 49; Article 49-8; Article 62; Article 70, paragraph (1); and Article 82 of that Act); the same applies hereinafter), to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the purpose of school education." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定により著作物を教科用図書に掲載する者は、その旨を著作者に通知するとともに、同項の規定の趣旨、著作物の種類及び用途、通常の使用料の額その他の事情を考慮して文化庁長官が定める算出方法により算出した額の補償金を著作権者に支払わなければならない。
    <sup>art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-2</sup>
    A person that prints a work in a textbook pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must inform the author of this and pay compensation to the copyright owner in the amount calculated based on a method established by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in consideration of the purport of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the nature and purpose of the work, the ordinary rate of royalties, and other conditions.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  文化庁長官は、前項の算出方法を定めたときは、これをインターネットの利用その他の適切な方法により公表するものとする。
    <sup>art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-3</sup>
    When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has established the method referred to in the preceding paragraph, the commissioner announces this using the internet or by any other appropriate method.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  前三項の規定は、高等学校（中等教育学校の後期課程を含む。）の通信教育用学習図書及び教科用図書に係る教師用指導書（当該教科用図書を発行する者の発行に係るものに限る。）への著作物の掲載について準用する。
    <sup>art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-4</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the reproduction of works in textbooks intended for use in high school correspondence courses (including correspondence courses for the upper-class levels of a school for secondary education) and in the teachers' manuals for textbooks (limited to teachers' manuals published by the person publishing the textbooks).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-33/par-1: 学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第三十四条第一項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-1
- art-33/par-1: 同法第四十九条 → 学校教育法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49
- art-33/par-1: 第四十九条の八 → 学校教育法 第四十九条の八 (Article 49-8), art-49-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49-8
- art-33/par-1: 第六十二条 → 学校教育法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62
- art-33/par-1: 第七十条第一項 → 学校教育法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/par-1
- art-33/par-1: 第八十二条 → 学校教育法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-82
- art-33/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-1
- art-33/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-2
- art-33/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-1
- art-33/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-2
- art-33/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-3

## Cited by

15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 著作権法 第二十条第二項第一号（同一性保持権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-20/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-20/par-2/item-1
- 著作権法 第三十三条第二項（教科用図書等への掲載） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-2
- 著作権法 第三十三条第三項（教科用図書等への掲載） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-3
- 著作権法 第三十三条第四項（教科用図書等への掲載） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-4
- 著作権法 第三十三条の二第二項（教科用図書代替教材への掲載等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33-2/par-2
- 著作権法 第三十三条の三第二項（教科用拡大図書等の作成のための複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-33-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33-3/par-2
- 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項第一号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-1
- 著作権法 第四十七条の七第一項（複製権の制限により作成された複製物の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-7/par-1
- 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第一号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-1
- 著作権法 第七十一条第一項第一号（文化審議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-71/par-1/item-1
- 著作権法 第七十四条第一項（補償金等の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-74/par-1
- 著作権法 第八十六条第一項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-1
- 著作権法 第百二条第一項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1
- 著作権法 第百二条第二項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-2
- 著作権法 第百三条第一項（著作隣接権の譲渡、行使等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act (著作権法), Article 33, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
