# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百十六条 (Article 116) - 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: 第百十六条 (Article 116)（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — address `art-116` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116 - 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. --- ### 第百十六条（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — (Measures to Protect the Author's or Performer's Moral Interests Posthumously) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116 **第一項** 著作者又は実演家の死後においては、その遺族（死亡した著作者又は実演家の配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母又は兄弟姉妹をいう。以下この条において同じ。）は、当該著作者又は実演家について第六十条又は第百一条の三の規定に違反する行為をする者又はするおそれがある者に対し第百十二条の請求を、故意又は過失により著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害する行為又は第六十条若しくは第百一条の三の規定に違反する行為をした者に対し前条の請求をすることができる。 art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1 After the death of an author or performer, a surviving family member (meaning a surviving spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling of the deceased author or performer; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may file the claim referred to in Article 112 against a person that violates or is likely to violate the provisions of Article 60 or Article 101-3 with respect to the relevant author or the performer, and may file the claim referred to in the preceding Article against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the moral rights of the author or performer or violates the provisions of Article 60 or Article 101-3. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の請求をすることができる遺族の順位は、同項に規定する順序とする。ただし、著作者又は実演家が遺言によりその順位を別に定めた場合は、その順序とする。 art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-2 The order in which surviving family members are permitted to file the claim referred to in the preceding paragraph is the order in which they are listed in that paragraph; provided, however, that if the author or performer leaves a will stipulating a different order, the order given in the will applies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 著作者又は実演家は、遺言により、遺族に代えて第一項の請求をすることができる者を指定することができる。この場合において、その指定を受けた者は、当該著作者又は実演家の死亡の日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年を経過した後（その経過する時に遺族が存する場合にあつては、その存しなくなつた後）においては、その請求をすることができない。 art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-3 An author or performer, in a will, may designate the person that is permitted to file the claim referred to in paragraph (1) on behalf of the surviving family members. In this case, the designated person may not file such a claim once 70 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the author or performer dies (or, if surviving family members are still alive at such a time, the designated person may not file such a claim once there are no longer any surviving family members). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-116/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第百十六条 (Article 116), art-116 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116 - art-116/par-1: 第六十条 → 著作権法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-60 - art-116/par-1: 第百一条の三 → 著作権法 第百一条の三 (Article 101-3), art-101-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101-3 - art-116/par-1: 第百十二条 → 著作権法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112 - art-116/par-1: 前条 → 著作権法 第百十五条 (Article 115), art-115 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-115 - art-116/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1 - art-116/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百十六条第一項（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1 - 著作権法 第百十六条第二項（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-2 - 著作権法 第百十六条第三項（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-3 - 著作権法 第百十八条第一項（無名又は変名の著作物に係る権利の保全） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-118/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第七条第二項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 --- ## 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