# 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-4151-85` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85 - 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 平成一五年六月一八日法律第八五号 suppl-4151-85 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4151-85/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十六年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-4151-85/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2004. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（映画の著作物の保護期間についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection for Cinematographic Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4151-85/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-2 **第一項** 改正後の著作権法（次条において「新法」という。）第五十四条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の著作権法による著作権が存する映画の著作物について適用し、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の著作権法による著作権が消滅している映画の著作物については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copyright Act (referred to as "the new Act" in the following Article) apply to a cinematographic work for which a copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a cinematographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条 suppl-4151-85/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-3 **第一項** 著作権法の施行前に創作された映画の著作物であって、同法附則第七条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされるものの著作権の存続期間は、旧著作権法（明治三十二年法律第三十九号）による著作権の存続期間の満了する日が新法第五十四条第一項の規定による期間の満了する日後の日であるときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、旧著作権法による著作権の存続期間の満了する日までの間とする。 suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, if the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Copyright Act (Act No. 39 of 1899) is after the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the duration of copyright for a cinematographic work that is created before the Copyright Act comes into effect and which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is until the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Copyright Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（罰則についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measure for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4151-85/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-4 **第一項** 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-4151-85/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-4/par-1 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-4151-85/art-2/par-1: 次条 → 著作権法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4151-85/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-3 - suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1: 第五十四条第一項 → 著作権法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-1 - suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1: 同法附則第七条 → 著作権法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-3451-48/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-7 - suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1: 新法第五十四条第一項 → 著作権法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第二条第一項（映画の著作物の保護期間についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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