# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5021-48/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5021-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和三年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2021;provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三条（プログラムの著作物に係る登録の特例に関する法律（以下「プログラム登録特例法」という。）第二十条第一号の改正規定に限る。）並びに次条並びに附則第三条、第六条、第七条、第十二条及び第十三条（映画の盗撮の防止に関する法律（平成十九年法律第六十五号）第四条第一項の改正規定中「含む」の下に「。第三項において同じ」を加える部分に限る。）の規定　公布の日 suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 3 (limited to the provisions amending Article 20, item (i) of the Act on Special Provisions for the Registration of Program Works) and the following Article, and the provisions of Articles 3, 6, 7, 12 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions (Article 13 is limited to the part adding "; the same applies in paragraph (3)" following the phrase "including..." in the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Prevention of Unauthorized Recording of Films (Act No. 65 of 2007)):the date of promulgation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一条並びに附則第四条、第八条、第十一条及び第十三条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）の規定　令和二年十月一日 suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 1 and the provisions of Articles 4, 8, 11, and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions (Article 13 excludes the provisions for amendment set forth in the preceding item):October 1, 2020. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 著作権法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5021-48/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三条 → 著作権法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5021-48/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-3 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六条 → 著作権法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-5021-48/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-6 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第七条 → 著作権法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-5021-48/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-7 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十二条 → 著作権法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-5021-48/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-12 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第四条 → 著作権法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5021-48/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-4 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第八条 → 著作権法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5021-48/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-8 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十一条 → 著作権法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-5021-48/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-11 - suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 ## 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二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第八条第一項（利用権の対抗力についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-8/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