# 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-4161-120` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120 - 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 平成一六年六月一八日法律第一二〇号 suppl-4161-120 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-120/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十七年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4161-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2005. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — (Principles of Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-120/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-2 **第一項** この法律による改正後の裁判所法、民事訴訟法、民事訴訟費用等に関する法律、特許法、実用新案法、意匠法、商標法、不正競争防止法及び著作権法の規定（罰則を除く。）は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前のこれらの法律の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-4161-120/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-2/par-1 Unless otherwise stipulated in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions (except penal provisions) of the Courts Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings, the Patent Act, the Utility Model Act, the Design Act, the Trademarks Act, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, and the Copyright Act, as amended under this Act, also apply to things that take place before this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude validity arising pursuant to the provisions of these Acts prior to their amendment Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Unless otherwise stipulated in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions (except penal provisions) of the Courts Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings, the Patent Act, the Utility Model Act, the Design Act, the Trademarks Act, the Prevention of Unfair Competition Act, and the Copyright Act, as amended under this Act, also apply to things that take place before this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude validity arising pursuant to the provisions of these Acts prior to their amendment" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb ### 第三条（特許法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Patent Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-120/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3 **第一項** 次に掲げる規定は、この法律の施行前に、訴訟の完結した事件、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-4161-120/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1 The following provisions do not apply to a case for which litigation is completed before this Act comes into effect; nor to a case for which oral arguments before the high court or district court that constitutes the court of second instance are finished before this Act comes into effect; nor 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 **一から四まで** 略 suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-4 Omitted machine translation, not official **五** 第九条の規定による改正後の著作権法第百十四条の六から第百十四条の八までの規定 suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 the provisions of Articles 114-6 to 114-8 of the Copyright Act, following the amendment under the provisions of Article 9. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5: 著作権法第百十四条の六から第百十四条の八まで → 著作権法 第百十四条の六 (Article 114-6), art-114-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6 - suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5: 著作権法第百十四条の六から第百十四条の八まで → 著作権法 第百十四条の七 (Article 114-7), art-114-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7 - suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5: 著作権法第百十四条の六から第百十四条の八まで → 著作権法 第百十四条の八 (Article 114-8), art-114-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-010, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19