# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の四十四 (Article 104-44) - 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: 第百四条の四十四 (Article 104-44)（確認等事務の休廃止） — address `art-104-44` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条の四十四（確認等事務の休廃止） — Suspension and Discontinuation of Verification and Other Affairs caption: machine translation, not official art-104-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44 **第一項** 登録確認機関は、文化庁長官の許可を受けなければ、確認等事務を休止し、又は廃止してはならない。 art-104-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-1 A registered verification body must not suspend or discontinue the verification and other affairs without obtaining the permission of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. machine translation, not official **第二項** 文化庁長官は、前項の許可をしたときは、その旨を官報で告示するものとする。 art-104-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-2 When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has granted the permission under the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner is to give public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette. machine translation, not official **第三項** 文化庁長官が第一項の規定により確認等事務の廃止を許可したときは、当該登録確認機関の登録は、その効力を失う。 art-104-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-3 When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has granted permission under paragraph (1) to discontinue the verification and other affairs, the registration of that registered verification body ceases to be effective. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-104-44/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十四第一項 (Article 104-44, paragraph (1)), art-104-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-1 - art-104-44/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四十四第一項 (Article 104-44, paragraph (1)), art-104-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百四条の四十四第二項（確認等事務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の四十四第三項（確認等事務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-44/par-3 - 著作権法 第百四条の四十五第二項第一号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-45/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-45/par-2/item-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の四十六第一項（文化庁長官による確認等事務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-46/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二十二条の二第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-122-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-122-2/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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