# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) - 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（映画の著作物等の著作権の帰属についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-5` - 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-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（映画の著作物等の著作権の帰属についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Ownership of Copyrights to Cinematographic Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前に創作された新法第二十九条に規定する映画の著作物の著作権の帰属については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the ownership of a copyright to a cinematographic as provided in Article 29 of the new Act which has been created before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 新法の規定は、この法律の施行前に著作物中に挿入された写真の著作物又はこの法律の施行前に嘱託によつて創作された肖像写真の著作物の著作権の帰属について旧法第二十四条又は第二十五条の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-2 The provisions of the new Act do not preclude the validity, pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 or 25 of the former Act, of the ownership of a copyright to a photographic work that is included in another work before this Act comes into effect, or the ownership of a copyright to a work of photographic portraiture created on commission before this Act comes into effect from becoming valid pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 or 25 of the former Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1: 新法第二十九条 → 著作権法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29 --- ## 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