# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3601-62` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和六〇年六月一四日法律第六二号 suppl-3601-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62 **第一項** この法律は、昭和六十一年一月一日から施行する。ただし、第七十六条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び第七十八条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第六項の規定は、改正後の著作権法第七十八条の二に規定する法律の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-3601-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1986;provided, however, that the provisions that add Article 76-2 after Article 76 and the provisions amending Article 78, paragraph (1), as well as the provisions of paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date on which the law provided for in Article 78-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 改正後の著作権法第十五条の規定は、この法律の施行後に創作された著作物について適用し、この法律の施行前に創作された著作物については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-2 The provisions of Article 15 of the post-amendment Copyright Act apply to a work created after this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a work created before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 改正後の著作権法第七十八条の二に規定する法律の施行の日前六月以内に創作されたプログラムの著作物に係る著作権法第七十六条の二第一項の登録については、その施行の日から三月を経過する日までの間は、同項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3601-62/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-3 The proviso to Article 76-2, paragraph (1) does not apply to the registration of a copyright as referred to in that paragraph, for a work of computer programming created within the six months before the date on which the law provided for in Article 78-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act comes into effect, until the day that marks the passage of three months after the date on which that law comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 改正後の著作権法第百十三条第二項の規定は、この法律の施行前に作成されたプログラムの著作物の複製物であつて、改正後の著作権法第四十七条の二の規定を適用するとしたならば適法であり、かつ、保存し得るべきものとなるものについては、適用しない。 suppl-3601-62/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-4 The provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to a copy of a work of computer programming created before this Act comes into effect which would be lawful and could be preserved if the provisions of Article 47-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act were to be applied. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-62/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-5 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-62/par-1: 著作権法第七十八条の二 → 著作権法 第七十八条の二 (Article 78-2), art-78-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78-2 - suppl-3601-62/par-2: 著作権法第十五条 → 著作権法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-15 - suppl-3601-62/par-3: 著作権法第七十八条の二 → 著作権法 第七十八条の二 (Article 78-2), art-78-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78-2 - suppl-3601-62/par-3: 著作権法第七十六条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第七十六条の二第一項 (Article 76-2, paragraph (1)), art-76-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-1 - suppl-3601-62/par-4: 著作権法第百十三条第二項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第五項 (Article 113, paragraph (5)), art-113/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-5 - suppl-3601-62/par-4: 著作権法第四十七条の二 → 著作権法 第四十七条の二 (Article 47-2), art-47-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-2 --- ## 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