# 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-4121-56` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4121-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4121-56 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一二年五月八日法律第五六号 suppl-4121-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4121-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4121-56 **第一項** この法律は、平成十三年一月一日から施行する。ただし、第一条中著作権法第五十八条の改正規定及び第二条の規定は、著作権に関する世界知的所有権機関条約が日本国について効力を生ずる日から施行する。 suppl-4121-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4121-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4121-56/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2001;provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending Article 58 of the Copyright Act and the provisions of Article 2 come into effect as o the day on which the WIPO Copyright Treaty comes into force with respect to Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第一条の規定による改正後の著作権法第百十四条の四の規定は、この法律の施行前に、第二審である高等裁判所又は地方裁判所における口頭弁論が終結した事件及び簡易裁判所の判決又は地方裁判所が第一審としてした判決に対して上告をする権利を留保して控訴をしない旨の合意をした事件については、適用しない。 suppl-4121-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4121-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4121-56/par-2 The provisions of Article 114-4 of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 1 do not apply to a case for which oral arguments before the high court or district court that constitutes the court of second instance have finished before this Act comes into effect, nor do such provisions apply to a case for which a party, before this Act comes into effect, reserves the right to a final appeal but agrees not to appeal to the court of second instance against a summary court decision or a decision that the district court has reached as the court of first instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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-4121-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4121-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4121-56/par-3 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-4121-56/par-2: 著作権法第百十四条の四 → 著作権法 第百十四条の四 (Article 114-4), art-114-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-4 --- ## 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