# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（訴訟に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4261-69/art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（訴訟に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-6 **第一項** この法律による改正前の法律の規定により不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ訴えを提起できないこととされる事項であって、当該不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したもの（当該不服申立てが他の不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ提起できないとされる場合にあっては、当該他の不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したものを含む。）の訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action in a matter regarding which, pursuant to the provisions of an Act prior to its amendment under this Act, an action may not be filed until after an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other action on an administrative appeal, if the period during which the relevant appeal must be filed has passed, without the appeal having been filed, before this Act comes into effect (if such an appeal may not be filed until after an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other action on another appeal, this includes a case in which the period during which the other appeal must be filed has passed, without that other appeal having been filed, before this Act comes into effect). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の規定による改正前の法律の規定（前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合を含む。）により異議申立てが提起された処分その他の行為であって、この法律の規定による改正後の法律の規定により審査請求に対する裁決を経た後でなければ取消しの訴えを提起することができないこととされるものの取消しの訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern an action for revocation that concerns a disposition or other action subject to an objection filed pursuant to the provisions of an Act prior to its amendment under the provisions of this Act (including when prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) even if, pursuant to the provisions of an Act amended by the provisions of this Act, it is not permissible to file an action for revocation until a determination has been made in response to a request for administrative review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為の取消しの訴えであって、この法律の施行前に提起されたものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 Prior laws continue to govern an action filed before this Act comes into effect seeking the revocation of an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other action on an administrative appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2: 前条 → 著作権法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-69/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4261-69/art-10/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