# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の十二 (Article 104-12) - 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: 第百四条の十二 (Article 104-12)（指定の基準） — address `art-104-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12 - 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. --- ### 第百四条の十二（指定の基準） — (Designation Criteria) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12 **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。 art-104-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1 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: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一般社団法人であること。 art-104-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-1 it is a general incorporated association; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次に掲げる団体を構成員とすること。 art-104-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2 it has as its members the following associations: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 第三十五条第一項（第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。次条第四項において同じ。）の公衆送信（第三十五条第三項の公衆送信に該当するものを除く。以下この節において「授業目的公衆送信」という。）に係る著作物に関し第二十三条第一項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、国内において授業目的公衆送信に係る著作物に関し同項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 art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the rights provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) in connection with works associated with public transmission (excluding public transmission referred to in Article 35, paragraph (3); hereinafter in this Section referred to as "public transmission for classes") referred to in Article 35, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in paragraph (4) of the following Article), and which is recognized as representing ,in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that paragraph in connection with works associated with public transmission for classes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 授業目的公衆送信に係る実演に関し第九十二条第一項及び第九十二条の二第一項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、国内において授業目的公衆送信に係る実演に関しこれらの規定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 art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-2 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Article 92, paragraph (1) and Article 92-2, paragraph (1) in connection with performances associated with public transmission for classes, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in those Articles in connection with performances associated with public transmission for classes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 授業目的公衆送信に係るレコードに関し第九十六条の二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、国内において授業目的公衆送信に係るレコード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 art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-3 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Article 96-2 in connection with phonograms associated with public transmission for classes, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that Article in connection with phonograms associated with public transmission for classes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 授業目的公衆送信に係る放送に関し第九十九条第一項及び第九十九条の二第一項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、国内において授業目的公衆送信に係る放送に関しこれらの規定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 art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-4 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Article 99, paragraph (1) and Article 99-2, paragraph (1) in connection with broadcasts associated with public transmission for classes, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in those Articles in connection with broadcasts associated with public transmission for classes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 授業目的公衆送信に係る有線放送に関し第百条の三及び第百条の四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、国内において授業目的公衆送信に係る有線放送に関しこれらの規定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 art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-5 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Articles 100-3 and 100-4 in connection with cablecasts associated with public transmission for classes, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan the interests of persons that own the right provided for in those Articles in connection with cablecasts associated with public transmission for classes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前号イからホ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。 art-104-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-3 the associations set forth in (a) through (e) of the preceding item satisfy the following conditions: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 営利を目的としないこと。 art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-1 they are non-profit associations; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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。 art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-2 their members may freely join and leave; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** その構成員の議決権及び選挙権が平等であること。 art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-3/sub-3 their members have an equal right to vote on resolutions and in elections; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 権利者のために授業目的公衆送信補償金を受ける権利を行使する業務（第百四条の十五第一項の事業に係る業務を含む。以下この節において「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。 art-104-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-4 they have sufficient capacity to properly perform functions involved in exercising the right to receive compensation for public transmission for classes (including functions involved in the undertaking referred to in Article 104-15, paragraph (1); hereinafter in this Section referred to as "functions connected with compensation") on behalf of the right holders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104-12/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十一第一項 (Article 104-11, paragraph (1)), art-104-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-11/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第三十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-35/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第百二条第一項 → 著作権法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 次条第四項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十三第四項 (Article 104-13, paragraph (4)), art-104-13/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-13/par-4 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第三十五条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十五条第三項 (Article 35, paragraph (3)), art-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-35/par-3 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第九十二条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第九十二条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十二条の二第一項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (1)), art-92-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92-2/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第九十六条の二 → 著作権法 第九十六条の二 (Article 96-2), art-96-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-96-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-2 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-4: 第九十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十九条第一項 (Article 99, paragraph (1)), art-99/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-99/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-4: 第九十九条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十九条の二第一項 (Article 99-2, paragraph (1)), art-99-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-99-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-99-2/par-1 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-5: 第百条の三 → 著作権法 第百条の三 (Article 100-3), art-100-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-100-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-100-3 - art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-5: 第百条の四 → 著作権法 第百条の四 (Article 100-4), art-100-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-100-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-100-4 - art-104-12/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 著作権法 第百四条の十二第一項第二号 (Article 104-12, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-104-12/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2 - art-104-12/par-1/item-4: 第百四条の十五第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十五第一項 (Article 104-15, paragraph (1)), art-104-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-15/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. 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