# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百二十五条 (Article 125) - 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125) — address `art-125` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-125 - 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. --- ### 第百二十五条 art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-125 **第一項** 第百四条の三十九第一項の規定に違反して財務諸表等を作成せず、財務諸表等に記載すべき事項を記載せず、若しくは記録せず、若しくは虚偽の記載若しくは記録をし、若しくは財務諸表等を備え置かず、又は正当な理由がないのに同条第二項の規定による請求を拒んだときは、当該違反行為をした者は、二十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-125/par-1 If a person fails to prepare financial statements, etc. in violation of Article 104-39, paragraph (1), fails to enter or record the particulars to be entered or recorded in the financial statements, etc., makes false entries or records, or fails to keep financial statements, etc. on file, or refuses without justifiable grounds a request under paragraph (2) of that Article, the person who committed the violation is subject to a non-penal fine of not more than 200,000 yen. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-125/par-1: 第百四条の三十九第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十九第一項 (Article 104-39, paragraph (1)), art-104-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-39/par-1 - art-125/par-1: 同条第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の三十九第二項 (Article 104-39, paragraph (2)), art-104-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-39/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百四条の三十九第一項（財務諸表等の作成、備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-39/par-1 --- ## 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