# 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-4211-53` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53 - 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 平成二一年六月一九日法律第五三号 suppl-4211-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4211-53/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十二年一月一日から施行する。ただし、第七十条第二項、第七十八条、第八十八条第二項及び第百四条の改正規定並びに附則第六条の規定は、公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4211-53/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2010;provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 70, paragraph (2); Article 78; Article 88, paragraph (2); and Article 104; as well as the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within two years from the date of the promulgation of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（視覚障害者のための録音物の使用についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Use of Sound Recordings for Persons with Visual Impairments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4211-53/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前にこの法律による改正前の著作権法（以下「旧法」という。）第三十七条第三項（旧法第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定の適用を受けて作成された録音物（この法律による改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）第三十七条第三項（新法第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により複製し、又は自動公衆送信（送信可能化を含む。）を行うことができる著作物、実演、レコード、放送又は有線放送に係るものを除く。）の使用については、新法第三十七条第三項及び第四十七条の九（これらの規定を新法第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4211-53/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-2/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) and Article 47-9 of the Copyright Act as amended under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") (including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act), prior laws continue to govern the use of a sound recording that has been made before this Act comes into effect based on the application of the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act prior to its amendment under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the former Act) (excluding a sound recording connected to a work, performance, phonogram, broadcast, or cablecast that it is permissible to reproduce or transmit via automatic public transmission (including one that it is permissible to make available for transmission) pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) of the new Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条（裁定による著作物の利用等についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Exploitation of a Work Based on a Compulsory License) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4211-53/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-3 **第一項** 新法第六十七条及び第六十七条の二（これらの規定を新法第百三条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後に新法第六十七条第一項（新法第百三条において準用する場合を含む。）の裁定の申請をした者について適用し、この法律の施行の日前に旧法第六十七条第一項の裁定の申請をした者については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Articles 67 and 67-2 of the new Act (including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the new Act) apply to a person that files an application for the compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the new Act) on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern with respect to a person that files an application for the compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the former Act before the day on which this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（商業用レコードの複製物の頒布の申出についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for an Offer to Distribute Copies of a Commercial Phonogram) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4211-53/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-4 **第一項** 新法第百二十一条の二の規定は、著作権法の一部を改正する法律（平成三年法律第六十三号）附則第五項又は著作権法及び万国著作権条約の実施に伴う著作権法の特例に関する法律の一部を改正する法律（平成六年法律第百十二号）附則第六項の規定によりその頒布又は頒布の目的をもってする所持について同条の規定を適用しないこととされる商業用レコードを頒布する旨の申出をする行為であって、この法律の施行後に行われるものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4211-53/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-4/par-1 The provisions of Article 121-2 of the new Act do not apply to the act of offering to distribute a commercial phonogram after this Act comes into effect if, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 63 of 1991) or paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act and the Act on Special Provisions of the Copyright Act, in Consequence of the Enforcement of the Universal Copyright Convention (Act No. 112 of 1994), the provisions of that Article are not to apply to its distribution or possession for the purpose of distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（罰則についての経過措置） — (Transitory Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4211-53/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-5 **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-4211-53/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-5/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-4211-53/art-2/par-1: 第三十七条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十七条第三項 (Article 37, paragraph (3)), art-37/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37/par-3 - suppl-4211-53/art-2/par-1: 新法第百二条第一項 → 著作権法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1: 新法第六十七条 → 著作権法 第六十七条 (Article 67), art-67 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67 - suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1: 第六十七条の二 → 著作権法 第六十七条の二 (Article 67-2), art-67-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-2 - suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1: 新法第百三条 → 著作権法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103 - suppl-4211-53/art-3/par-1: 新法第六十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-1 - suppl-4211-53/art-4/par-1: 新法第百二十一条の二 → 著作権法 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2), art-121-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2 --- ## 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