# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の四十一 (Article 104-41)

- 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: 第百四条の四十一 (Article 104-41)（報告徴収及び立入検査） — address `art-104-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41
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### 第百四条の四十一（報告徴収及び立入検査） — Collection of Report and On-site Inspections
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<sup>art-104-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-41</sup>

  **第一項**  文化庁長官は、確認等事務の適正かつ確実な実施を確保するために必要な限度において、登録確認機関に対し、確認等事務に関し必要な報告若しくは資料の提出を求め、又はその職員に、登録確認機関の事務所その他必要な場所に立ち入り、確認等事務に関し質問させ、若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
  <sup>art-104-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-41/par-1</sup>
  To the extent necessary to ensure the proper and reliable implementation of the verification and other affairs, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may ask a registered verification body to make necessary reports or submit data concerning the verification and other affairs, or may have the Commissioner's staff members enter the office of a registered verification body or any other necessary place, question persons concerning the verification and other affairs, or inspect account books, documents and other articles.
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  **第二項**  第百四条の二十八第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の規定による立入検査について準用する。
  <sup>art-104-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-41/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 104-28, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an on-site inspection under the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-104-41/par-2: 第百四条の二十八第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十八第二項 (Article 104-28, paragraph (2)), art-104-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-28/par-2
- art-104-41/par-2: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十八第三項 (Article 104-28, paragraph (3)), art-104-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-28/par-3
- art-104-41/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十一第一項 (Article 104-41, paragraph (1)), art-104-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-41/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 著作権法 第百四条の四十一第二項（報告徴収及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-41/par-2
- 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第二項第四号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-2/item-4
- 著作権法 第百二十二条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-122-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-122-2/par-1/item-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-20261019T151240-008, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
