# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) - 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)（複製物の頒布等についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（複製物の頒布等についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Distribution of Copies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-16 **第一項** この法律の施行前に作成した著作物、実演又はレコードの複製物であつて、新法第二章第三節第五款（新法第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定を適用するとしたならば適法なものとなるべきものは、これらの規定に定める複製の目的の範囲内において、使用し、又は頒布することができる。この場合においては、新法第百十三条第一項第二号の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3451-48/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-16/par-1 Copies of a work, performance, or phonogram which have been made before this Act comes into effect and which would be lawful if the provisions of Chapter II, Section 3, Subsection 5 of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act) were to be applied, may be used or distributed within the scope of the purposes of reproduction set forth in those provisions. In such a case, the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Act do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-16/par-1: 新法第百二条第一項 → 著作権法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - suppl-3451-48/art-16/par-1: 新法第百十三条第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第百十三条第一項第二号 (Article 113, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-113/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-1/item-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