# 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-4251-84` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84 - 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 平成二五年一一月二七日法律第八四号 suppl-4251-84 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一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。ただし、附則第六十四条、第六十六条及び第百二条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year from the date of its promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in Article 64, Article 66 and Article 102 of these Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百条（処分等の効力） — (Effect of Dispositions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-84/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-100 **第一項** この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定によってした処分、手続その他の行為であって、改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定に相当の規定があるものは、この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当の規定によってしたものとみなす。 suppl-4251-84/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-100/par-1 Except as otherwise provided by these Supplementary Provisions, a disposition, procedure, or other action undertaken before this Act comes into force based on the pre-amendment provisions of any of the relevant Acts (including orders based on those Acts; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), and with regard to which there are equivalent provisions in the post-amendment Acts, is deemed to have been undertaken based on the equivalent provisions of the post-amendment Acts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-84/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-101 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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-4251-84/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-101/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, and to an action that a person undertakes after this Act comes into effect but that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百二条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-84/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-102 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4251-84/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-102/par-1 Beyond what is prescribed in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1: 第百二条 → 著作権法 附則第百二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 102), suppl-4251-84/art-102 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-102 - suppl-4251-84/art-100/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 附則第百条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 100), suppl-4251-84/art-100 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-100 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-1/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第百条第一項（処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4251-84/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4251-84/art-100/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