# 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-4111-43` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43 - 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 平成一一年五月一四日法律第四三号 suppl-4111-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4111-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号。以下「情報公開法」という。）の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-4111-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999; hereinafter referred to as "the Act on Access to Information"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Copyright Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4111-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43/art-2 **第一項** 第十一条の規定による改正後の著作権法第十八条第三項の規定は、この法律の施行前に著作者が情報公開法第二条第一項に規定する行政機関又は地方公共団体に提供した著作物でまだ公表されていないもの（その著作者の同意を得ないで公表された著作物を含む。）については、適用しない。 suppl-4111-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-43/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 11 do not apply to a work not yet made public (which includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before this Act comes into effect, to an administrative organ or local public entity provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 11 do not apply to a work not yet made public (which includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before this Act comes into effect, to an administrative organ or local public entity provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb --- ## Cites - suppl-4111-43/art-2/par-1: 著作権法第十八条第三項 → 著作権法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-18/par-3 - suppl-4111-43/art-2/par-1: 情報公開法第二条第一項 → 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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), Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, 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