# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十条 (Article 40) - 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（公開の演説等の利用） — address `art-40` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40 - 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. --- ### 第四十条（公開の演説等の利用） — Exploitation of Public Speeches, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40 **第一項** 公開して行われた政治上の演説又は陳述並びに裁判手続及び行政審判手続（行政庁の行う審判その他裁判に準ずる手続をいう。第四十一条の二において同じ。）における公開の陳述は、同一の著作者のものを編集して利用する場合を除き、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、利用することができる。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-1 It is permissible to exploit a political speech or statement delivered in public, and a public statement given in judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings (meaning a ruling by an administrative agency or other proceedings equivalent to a trial; the same applies in Article 41-2), in any way, except for by making a compilation of speeches or statements by the same author. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国若しくは地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人又は地方独立行政法人において行われた公開の演説又は陳述は、前項の規定によるものを除き、報道の目的上正当と認められる場合には、新聞紙若しくは雑誌に掲載し、又は放送し、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、若しくは放送同時配信等を行うことができる。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-2 If it is found to be justified for the purpose of news reporting, it is permissible for a person to print a speech or statement that has been delivered in public by a national or local government agency, incorporated administrative agency, or local incorporated administrative agency, other than one under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in a newspaper or magazine; to broadcast or cablecast such a speech or statement, or to transmit such a speech or statement via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission; or to transmit such a speech or statement via simultaneous broadcasting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により放送され、有線放送され、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信が行われ、又は放送同時配信等が行われる演説又は陳述は、受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。 art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-3 It is permissible to publicly communicate a speech or statement that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, through a receiver. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-1: 第四十一条の二 → 著作権法 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2), art-41-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2 - art-40/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-1 - art-40/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十四条第一項（学校教育番組の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-34/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十条第二項（公開の演説等の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十条第三項（公開の演説等の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-3 - 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項第二号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 - 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二号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第四十八条第三項第一号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-48/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-3/item-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 第八十六条第三項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3 - 著作権法 第百二条第八項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-8 --- ## 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-20261019T151240-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-001, 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