# 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)（複製物の使用についての経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-30/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（複製物の使用についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for the Use of Copies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4301-30/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にこの法律による改正前の著作権法（以下「旧法」という。）第三十条の四若しくは第四十七条の四から第四十七条の九までの規定の適用を受けて作成された著作物の複製物、旧法第四十三条の規定の適用を受けて旧法第三十条第一項、第三十一条第一項第一号若しくは第三項後段、第三十三条の二第一項、第三十五条第一項、第三十七条第三項、第三十七条の二本文、第四十一条若しくは第四十二条の規定に従い作成された二次的著作物の複製物又は旧法第三十条の三若しくは第四十七条の三第一項の規定の適用を受けて作成された二次的著作物の複製物の使用については、この法律による改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）第四十九条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。この場合において、旧法第四十九条第一項第一号中「を公衆に提示した」とあるのは「の公衆への提示（送信可能化を含む。以下この条において同じ。）を行つた」と、同項第三号並びに同条第二項第一号及び第二号中「を公衆に提示した」とあるのは「の公衆への提示を行つた」とする。 suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 49 of the Copyright Act as amended under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act"), prior laws continue to govern the use of copies of works created based on the application of the provisions of Article 30-4 or Articles 47-4 through 47-9 of the Copyright Act prior to its amendment under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act"), copies of derivative works created in accordance with the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (1); Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i) or the second sentence of paragraph (3); Article 33-2, paragraph (1); Article 35, paragraph (1); Article 37, paragraph (3); the main clause of Article 37-2; Article 41; or Article 42 of the former Act based on the application of the provisions of Article 43 of the former Act, and copies of derivative works created in accordance with the provisions of Article 30-3 or Article 47-3, paragraph (1) of the former Act created before the date this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"). In such a case, the term "presented to the public" in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i) of the former Act and "presented to the public" in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) of the former Act are deemed to be replaced with "conducted a presentation to the public (including making it available for transmission; the same applies hereinafter in this Article)" and "conducted a presentation to the public", respectively. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 施行日前に旧法第百二条第一項において準用する旧法第三十条の四又は第四十七条の四から第四十七条の九までの規定の適用を受けて作成された実演若しくはレコード又は放送若しくは有線放送に係る音若しくは影像の複製物の使用については、新法第百二条第九項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。この場合において、旧法第百二条第九項第一号中「を公衆に提示した」とあるのは「の公衆への提示（送信可能化を含む。第八号において同じ。）を行つた」と、同項第八号中「を公衆に提示した」とあるのは「の公衆への提示を行つた」とする。 suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (9) of the new Act, prior laws continue to govern the use of copies of sounds or images connected with performances, phonograms, broadcasts or cablecasts created before the effective date based on the application of the provisions of Article 30-4 or Articles 47-4 through 47-9 of the former Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the former Act. In such a case, the terms "presented to the public" in Article 102, paragraph (9), item (i) of the former Act and "presented to the public" in Article 102, paragraph (9), item (viii) of the former Act are deemed to be replaced with "conducted a presentation to the public (including making it available for transmission; the same applies in item (viii))" and "conducted a presentation to the public", respectively. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-1: 第四十九条 → 著作権法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49 - suppl-4301-30/art-2/par-2: 新法第百二条第九項 → 著作権法 第百二条第九項 (Article 102, paragraph (9)), art-102/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-7/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