# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) - 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（視覚障害者のための録音物の使用についての経過措置） — address `suppl-4211-53/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4211-53/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4211-53/art-2 - 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. --- ### 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 --- ## 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 --- ## 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 211 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19