# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百二十四条 (Article 124)

- 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: 第百二十四条 (Article 124) — address `art-124`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124
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### 第百二十四条
<sup>art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者（法人格を有しない社団又は財団の管理人を含む。）又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation (including the administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or person violates the provisions set forth in one of the following items in connection with the business of that corporation or person, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the relevant item and the person is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the provisions referred to in the relevant item:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第百十九条第一項若しくは第二項第三号から第六号まで又は第百二十二条の三第一項　三億円以下の罰金刑
  <sup>art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Article 119, paragraph (1); Article 119, paragraph (2), items (iii) through (vi); or Article 122-3, paragraph (1):a fine of up to three hundred million yen;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百十九条第二項第一号若しくは第二号、第百二十条から第百二十一条の二まで又は第百二十二条　各本条の罰金刑
  <sup>art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Article 119, paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii), Article 120 through Article 121-2, or Article 122:the fine referred to in the relevant of these provisions.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  法人格を有しない社団又は財団について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につきその社団又は財団を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-2</sup>
If the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applicable to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents the association or foundation in any procedural acts and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure that are applicable when a corporation is the accused or the suspect, apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の場合において、当該行為者に対してした告訴又は告訴の取消しは、その法人又は人に対しても効力を生じ、その法人又は人に対してした告訴又は告訴の取消しは、当該行為者に対しても効力を生ずるものとする。
<sup>art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-3</sup>
In cases referred to in paragraph (1), an accusation lodged against the offender or the withdrawal of such an accusation is also effective against the corporation or the person concerned, and an accusation lodged against a corporation or the person concerned or the withdrawal of such an accusation is also effective against the offender.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第一項の規定により第百十九条第一項若しくは第二項又は第百二十二条の三第一項の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間による。
<sup>art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-4</sup>
The period of prescription if a corporation or person is subject to a fine, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, in connection with a violation referred to in Article 119, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 122-3, paragraph (1), is the period of prescription for the offense referred to in the relevant of those provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第百十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十九条第一項 (Article 119, paragraph (1)), art-119/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-1
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第二項第三号から第六号まで → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第三号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-119/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-3
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第二項第三号から第六号まで → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第四号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-119/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-4
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第二項第三号から第六号まで → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第五号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-119/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-5
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第二項第三号から第六号まで → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第六号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-119/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-6
- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第百二十二条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十二条の三第一項 (Article 122-3, paragraph (1)), art-122-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-122-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-122-3/par-1
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百十九条第二項第一号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第一号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-119/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-1
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第二号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第二号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-119/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-2
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十条から第百二十一条の二まで → 著作権法 第百二十条 (Article 120), art-120 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十条から第百二十一条の二まで → 著作権法 第百二十条の二 (Article 120-2), art-120-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十条から第百二十一条の二まで → 著作権法 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十条から第百二十一条の二まで → 著作権法 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2), art-121-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2
- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十二条 → 著作権法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-122
- art-124/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1
- art-124/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1
- art-124/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1
- art-124/par-4: 第百十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十九条第一項 (Article 119, paragraph (1)), art-119/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-1
- art-124/par-4: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項 (Article 119, paragraph (2)), art-119/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2
- art-124/par-4: 第百二十二条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十二条の三第一項 (Article 122-3, paragraph (1)), art-122-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-122-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-122-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 著作権法 第百二十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-2
- 著作権法 第百二十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-3
- 著作権法 第百二十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-4

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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-20261019T151240-010, 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