# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第五章 (Chapter 5)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5`
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## 第五章　私的録音録画補償金 — Chapter V Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recording
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5</sup>

### 第百四条の二（私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利の行使） — (Exercise of the Right to Receive Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recordings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-2</sup>

**第一項**  第三十条第二項（第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。以下この章において同じ。）の補償金（以下この章において「私的録音録画補償金」という。）を受ける権利は、私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利を有する者（以下この章において「権利者」という。）のためにその権利を行使することを目的とする団体であつて、次に掲げる私的録音録画補償金の区分ごとに全国を通じて一個に限りその同意を得て文化庁長官が指定するもの（以下この章において「指定管理団体」という。）があるときは、それぞれ当該指定管理団体によつてのみ行使することができる。
<sup>art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-2/par-1</sup>
If an association is in existence that has as its purpose the exercise of rights on behalf of persons that own the right to receive the compensation referred to in Article 30, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "compensation for private sound and visual recording") (hereinafter in this Chapter those persons are referred to as "right holders"), whose consent has been obtained and which the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has designated as the only association in the country for each of the following categories of compensation for private sound and visual recording (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as a "designated association"), the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording may be exercised exclusively through the relevant designated association:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  私的使用を目的として行われる録音（専ら録画とともに行われるものを除く。以下この章において「私的録音」という。）に係る私的録音録画補償金
  <sup>art-104-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  compensation for private sound and visual recording in connection with sound recording conducted for the purpose of private use (excluding sound recording conducted exclusively together with visual recording; hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "private sound recording");
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  私的使用を目的として行われる録画（専ら録音とともに行われるものを含む。以下この章において「私的録画」という。）に係る私的録音録画補償金
  <sup>art-104-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  compensation for private sound and visual recording in connection with visual recording conducted for the purpose of private use (including visual recording conducted exclusively together with sound recording; hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "private visual recording").
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による指定がされた場合には、指定管理団体は、権利者のために自己の名をもつて私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利に関する裁判上又は裁判外の行為を行う権限を有する。
<sup>art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-2/par-2</sup>
If a designation has been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a designated association has the authority to act in and out of court on behalf of a right holder, in its own name, in connection with the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百四条の三（指定の基準） — (Designation Criteria)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3</sup>

**第一項**  文化庁長官は、次に掲げる要件を備える団体でなければ前条第一項の規定による指定をしてはならない。
<sup>art-104-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1</sup>
The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may not make a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article unless the association satisfies the following criteria:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  一般社団法人であること。
  <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  it is a general incorporated association;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  前条第一項第一号に掲げる私的録音録画補償金に係る場合についてはイ、ハ及びニに掲げる団体を、同項第二号に掲げる私的録音録画補償金に係る場合についてはロからニまでに掲げる団体を構成員とすること。
  <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  in a case involving the compensation for private sound and visual recording set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, it has as its members the associations set forth in (a), (c), and (d), or, in a case involving the compensation for private sound and visual recording set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph, it has as its members the associations set forth in (b), (c), and (d):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  私的録音に係る著作物に関し第二十一条に規定する権利を有する者を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）であつて、国内において私的録音に係る著作物に関し同条に規定する権利を有する者の利益を代表すると認められるもの
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the rights provided for in Article 21 in connection with works associated with private sound recording, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that Article in connection with works associated with private sound recording;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  私的録画に係る著作物に関し第二十一条に規定する権利を有する者を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）であつて、国内において私的録画に係る著作物に関し同条に規定する権利を有する者の利益を代表すると認められるもの
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Article 21 in connection with works associated with private visual recording, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that Article in connection with works associated with private visual recording;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ハ**  国内において実演を業とする者の相当数を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
    an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members a considerable number of persons that perform professionally in Japan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ニ**  国内において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者の相当数を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-4</sup>
    an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members a considerable number of persons that produce phonograms professionally in Japan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前号イからニまでに掲げる団体がそれぞれ次に掲げる要件を備えるものであること。
  <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the associations set forth in (a) through (d) of the preceding item satisfy the following conditions:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  営利を目的としないこと。
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
    they are not-for-profit;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  その構成員が任意に加入し、又は脱退することができること。
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
    their members may freely join and leave;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ハ**  その構成員の議決権及び選挙権が平等であること。
    <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3</sup>
    their members have an equal right to vote on resolutions and in elections;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  権利者のために私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利を行使する業務（第百四条の八第一項の事業に係る業務を含む。以下この章において「補償金関係業務」という。）を的確に遂行するに足りる能力を有すること。
  <sup>art-104-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
  they have sufficient capacity to properly perform functions involved in exercising the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording (including functions involved in the undertaking referred to in Article 104-8, paragraph (1); hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "functions connected with compensation") on behalf of the right holders.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百四条の四（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Payment of Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recording)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-4</sup>

**第一項**  第三十条第二項の政令で定める機器（以下この章において「特定機器」という。）又は記録媒体（以下この章において「特定記録媒体」という。）を購入する者（当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体が小売に供された後最初に購入するものに限る。）は、その購入に当たり、指定管理団体から、当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体を用いて行う私的録音又は私的録画に係る私的録音録画補償金の一括の支払として、第百四条の六第一項の規定により当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体について定められた額の私的録音録画補償金の支払の請求があつた場合には、当該私的録音録画補償金を支払わなければならない。
<sup>art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-4/par-1</sup>
A person that purchases a machine or recording medium specified by Cabinet Order which is as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as a "specified machine" and a "specified recording medium", respectively) (limited to persons that make the initial purchase of a specified machine or specified recording medium after it is retailed), if so requested by the designated association, must pay compensation for private sound and visual recording at the time of the purchase, in an amount established for the relevant specified machine or specified recording medium pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-6, paragraph (1), as a lump-sum payment representing compensation for private sound and visual recording, for the private sound recording or private visual recording that will be done using that specified machine or specified recording medium.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により私的録音録画補償金を支払つた者は、指定管理団体に対し、その支払に係る特定機器又は特定記録媒体を専ら私的録音及び私的録画以外の用に供することを証明して、当該私的録音録画補償金の返還を請求することができる。
<sup>art-104-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-4/par-2</sup>
A person that pays compensation for private sound and visual recording pursuant to the preceding paragraph may claim a refund of that compensation for private sound and visual recording from the designated association, by proving that the person uses the specified machine or specified recording medium for which the person has paid that compensation exclusively for purposes other than private sound recording and private visual recording.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による支払の請求を受けて私的録音録画補償金が支払われた特定機器により同項の規定による支払の請求を受けて私的録音録画補償金が支払われた特定記録媒体に私的録音又は私的録画を行う者は、第三十条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該私的録音又は私的録画を行うに当たり、私的録音録画補償金を支払うことを要しない。ただし、当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体が前項の規定により私的録音録画補償金の返還を受けたものであるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-104-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-4/par-3</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2), a person that uses a specified machine for which compensation for private sound and visual recording has been paid as per a request for payment under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article to do private sound recording or private visual recording on a specified recording medium for which compensation for private sound and visual recording has been paid as per a request for payment under that paragraph is not required to pay compensation for private sound and visual recording at the time of doing such private sound recording or private visual recording; provided, however, that this does not apply if compensation for private sound and visual recording has been refunded for the relevant specified machine or specified recording medium pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百四条の五（製造業者等の協力義務） — (Cooperation by Manufacturers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-5</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の規定により指定管理団体が私的録音録画補償金の支払を請求する場合には、特定機器又は特定記録媒体の製造又は輸入を業とする者（次条第三項において「製造業者等」という。）は、当該私的録音録画補償金の支払の請求及びその受領に関し協力しなければならない。
<sup>art-104-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-5/par-1</sup>
If a designated association requests the payment of compensation for private sound and visual recording pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a person that manufactures or imports specified machines or specified recording media in the course of trade (referred to as a "manufacturer, etc." in paragraph (3) of the following Article) must cooperate with the designated association in connection with the request for the payment of compensation for private sound and visual recording and in connection with its receipt.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百四条の六（私的録音録画補償金の額） — (Amount of Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recording)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6</sup>

**第一項**  第百四条の二第一項の規定により指定管理団体が私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利を行使する場合には、指定管理団体は、私的録音録画補償金の額を定め、文化庁長官の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6/par-1</sup>
Before exercising the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-2, paragraph (1), a designated association must fix the amount of such compensation and obtain the approval of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. The same applies if the designated association seeks to change such amount.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の認可があつたときは、私的録音録画補償金の額は、第三十条第二項の規定にかかわらず、その認可を受けた額とする。
<sup>art-104-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2), if the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph has been given, the amount of compensation for private sound and visual recording is the amount for which such approval has been received.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  指定管理団体は、第百四条の四第一項の規定により支払の請求をする私的録音録画補償金に係る第一項の認可の申請に際し、あらかじめ、製造業者等の団体で製造業者等の意見を代表すると認められるものの意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-104-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6/par-3</sup>
Before applying for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) in connection with compensation for private sound and visual recording the payment of which is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-4, paragraph (1), a designated association must hear the opinions of associations of manufacturers, etc. that are recognized as representing the opinions of manufacturers, etc.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Before applying for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) in connection with compensation for private sound and visual recording the payment of which is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (1), a designated association must hear the opinions of associations of manufacturers, etc. that are recognized as representing the opinions of manufacturers, etc." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb</sup>

**第四項**  文化庁長官は、第一項の認可の申請に係る私的録音録画補償金の額が、第三十条第一項（第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第百四条の四第一項の規定の趣旨、録音又は録画に係る通常の使用料の額その他の事情を考慮した適正な額であると認めるときでなければ、その認可をしてはならない。
<sup>art-104-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6/par-4</sup>
The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must not approve the amount of compensation for private sound and visual recording to which an application for permission under paragraph (1) pertains, unless it is found to be an appropriate amount in consideration of the purport of the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (1)) and Article 104-4, paragraph (1), the ordinary rate of royalties for sound or visual recording, and any other circumstances.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  文化庁長官は、第一項の認可をしようとするときは、文化審議会に諮問しなければならない。
<sup>art-104-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-6/par-5</sup>
Before granting the approval referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must consult the Culture Council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百四条の七（補償金関係業務の執行に関する規程） — (Rules on the Execution of Functions Connected with Compensation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-7</sup>

**第一項**  指定管理団体は、補償金関係業務を開始しようとするときは、補償金関係業務の執行に関する規程を定め、文化庁長官に届け出なければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-104-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-7/par-1</sup>
Before initiating the functions connected with compensation, a designated association must establish rules on the execution of functions connected with compensation and notify the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs thereof. The same applies if the designated association seeks to amend these rules.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規程には、私的録音録画補償金（第百四条の四第一項の規定に基づき支払を受けるものに限る。）の分配に関する事項を含むものとし、指定管理団体は、第三十条第二項の規定の趣旨を考慮して当該分配に関する事項を定めなければならない。
<sup>art-104-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-7/par-2</sup>
The rules referred to in the preceding paragraph must include the particulars of the distribution of compensation for private sound and visual recording (limited to such compensation as paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), and the designated association must establish the particulars of the distribution in consideration of the purport of the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百四条の八（著作権等の保護に関する事業等のための支出） — (Expenditures for Undertakings Related to the Protection of Copyright)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-8</sup>

**第一項**  指定管理団体は、私的録音録画補償金（第百四条の四第一項の規定に基づき支払を受けるものに限る。）の額の二割以内で政令で定める割合に相当する額を、著作権及び著作隣接権の保護に関する事業並びに著作物の創作の振興及び普及に資する事業のために支出しなければならない。
<sup>art-104-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-8/par-1</sup>
A designated association must expend an amount equivalent to the Cabinet-Order-specified rate of within 20% of the amount of compensation for private sound and visual recording (limited to such compensation as paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), for undertakings related to the protection of copyright and neighboring rights, as well as undertakings that contribute to promoting the creation of works and to their dissemination.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  文化庁長官は、前項の政令の制定又は改正の立案をしようとするときは、文化審議会に諮問しなければならない。
<sup>art-104-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-8/par-2</sup>
Before establishing the Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph or drafting an amendment to it, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must consult the Culture Council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  文化庁長官は、第一項の事業に係る業務の適正な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、指定管理団体に対し、当該業務に関し監督上必要な命令をすることができる。
<sup>art-104-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-8/par-3</sup>
If the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs finds it to be necessary in order to ensure the proper operation of functions related to an undertaking referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner may issue any order that is necessary for supervising the relevant functions.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百四条の九（報告の徴収等） — (Collection of Reports)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-9</sup>

**第一項**  文化庁長官は、指定管理団体の補償金関係業務の適正な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、指定管理団体に対し、補償金関係業務に関して報告をさせ、若しくは帳簿、書類その他の資料の提出を求め、又は補償金関係業務の執行方法の改善のため必要な勧告をすることができる。
<sup>art-104-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-9/par-1</sup>
If the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs finds it to be necessary in order to ensure a designated association's proper operation of functions connected with compensation, the commissioner may have the designated association report on its functions connected with compensation or request it to submit its books, documents, and other materials, or may issue any recommendations necessary for improvement in the way in which the designated association executes its functions connected with compensation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百四条の十（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-10</sup>

**第一項**  この章に規定するもののほか、指定管理団体及び補償金関係業務に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-104-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-5#art-104-10/par-1</sup>
Other than what is provided for in this Chapter, the necessary particulars of designated associations and of the functions connected with compensation are provided for by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
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