# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-4301-30/art-9`
- 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-9
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### 第九条
<sup>suppl-4301-30/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  施行日が環太平洋パートナーシップ協定の締結及び環太平洋パートナーシップに関する包括的及び先進的な協定の締結に伴う関係法律の整備に関する法律（平成二十八年法律第百八号。以下「整備法」という。）の施行の日前である場合には、第二条第一項の改正規定中「削り、同項第二十一号中「利用する」を「実行する」に改める」とあるのは、「削る」とする。
<sup>suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1</sup>
If the effective date falls before the effective date of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Act No. 108 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the "Arrangement Act"), the phrase "delete, and in item (xxi) of that paragraph, replace 'exploit' with 'execute'" in the provision amending Article 2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "delete".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の場合において、整備法第八条のうち著作権法第二条第一項中第二十三号を第二十四号とし、第二十二号を第二十三号とし、第二十一号を第二十二号とし、第二十号の次に一号を加える改正規定中「利用する」とあるのは、「実行する」とする。
<sup>suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2</sup>
In cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the term "exploit" in the provisions of Article 8 of the adjustment Act amending Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Copyright Act by replacing item (xxiii) with item (xxiv), item (xxii) with item (xxiii), item (xxi) with item (xxii), and adding an item after item (xx), is deemed to be replaced with "execute".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)), suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-1
- suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2: 整備法第八条 → e-Gov law 428AC0000000108, 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 著作権法 附則第九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-9/par-2

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-011, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
