# 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-4161-92` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92 - 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 平成一六年六月九日法律第九二号 suppl-4161-92 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-92/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十七年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-4161-92/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2005. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（商業用レコードの輸入等についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Importation of Commercial Phonograms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-92/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-2 **第一項** 改正後の著作権法第百十三条第五項の規定は、この法律の施行前に輸入され、この法律の施行の際現に頒布の目的をもって所持されている同項に規定する国外頒布目的商業用レコードについては、適用しない。 suppl-4161-92/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to a commercial phonogram for foreign distribution provided for in that paragraph which is imported before this Act comes into effect and which a person possesses for the purpose of distribution at the time this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条 suppl-4161-92/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-3 **第一項** 改正後の著作権法第百十三条第五項に規定する国内頒布目的商業用レコードであってこの法律の施行の際現に発行されているものに対する同項の規定の適用については、同項ただし書中「国内において最初に発行された日」とあるのは「当該国内頒布目的商業用レコードが著作権法の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第九十二号）の施行の際現に発行されているものである場合において、当該施行の日」と、「経過した」とあるのは「経過した後、当該」とする。 suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 In the application of the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act to a commercial phonogram for domestic distribution provided for in that paragraph which has been published as of the time this Act comes into effect, in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "day on which that phonogram is first published in Japan" is deemed to be replaced with "effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 92 of 2004), if that commercial phonogram for domestic distribution has been published as of the day on which it comes into effect", and the phrase "that has passed beyond" is deemed to be replaced with "after it has passed beyond". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（書籍等の貸与についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Renting Out of Books) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-92/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-4 **第一項** この法律の公布の日の属する月の翌々月の初日において現に公衆への貸与の目的をもって所持されている書籍又は雑誌（主として楽譜により構成されているものを除く。）の貸与については、改正前の著作権法附則第四条の二の規定は、この法律の施行後も、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-4161-92/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-4/par-1 The provisions of Article 4-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the pre-amendment Copyright Act remain in force even after this Act comes into effect, with respect to the renting out of books or magazines (excluding those consisting mainly of sheet music) that a person possesses for the purpose of renting them out to the public as of the first day of the month two months after the month that includes the day of promulgation of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-92/art-2/par-1: 著作権法第百十三条第五項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第十項 (Article 113, paragraph (10)), art-113/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10 - suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1: 著作権法第百十三条第五項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第十項 (Article 113, paragraph (10)), art-113/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10 --- ## 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