# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2) - 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: 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2)（裁判手続等における複製等） — address `art-41-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十一条の二（裁判手続等における複製等） — Reproduction for Judicial Proceedings; Related Matters caption: machine translation, not official art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2 **第一項** 著作物は、裁判手続及び行政審判手続のために必要と認められる場合には、その必要と認められる限度において、複製することができる。ただし、当該著作物の種類及び用途並びにその複製の部数及び態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2/par-1 It is permissible to reproduce a work if and to the extent that this is found to be necessary for judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work, the number of copies that would be made, and the circumstances of its reproduction. machine translation, not official **第二項** 著作物は、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による裁判手続及び特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による行政審判手続であつて、電磁的記録を用いて行い、又は映像若しくは音声の送受信を伴つて行うもののために必要と認められる限度において、公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。以下この項、次条及び第四十二条の二第二項において同じ。）を行い、又は受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。ただし、当該著作物の種類及び用途並びにその公衆送信又は伝達の態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2/par-2 It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work (including making it available for transmission, in the case of automatic public transmission; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph, the following Article, and Article 42-2, paragraph (2)) or to publicly communicate it through a receiver, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for judicial proceedings under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) or other laws specified by Cabinet Order, and for administrative adjudication proceedings under the provisions of the Patent Act (Act No. 121 of 1959) or other laws specified by Cabinet Order, which are conducted using electronic or magnetic records or accompanied by the transmission and reception of images or sounds; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work and the circumstances of its public transmission or communication. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-41-2/par-2: この項 → 著作権法 第四十一条の二第二項 (Article 41-2, paragraph (2)), art-41-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2/par-2 - art-41-2/par-2: 次条 → 著作権法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42 - art-41-2/par-2: 第四十二条の二第二項 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第二項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (2)), art-42-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-2 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四十条第一項（公開の演説等の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十一条の二第二項（裁判手続等における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項第二号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の七第一項（複製権の制限により作成された複製物の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-7/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第一号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第三号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第四十九条第一項第一号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第一号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-1 - 著作権法 第八十六条第一項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十六条第二項第二号（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2/item-2 - 著作権法 第八十六条第三項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3 - 著作権法 第百二条第一項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二条第二項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-2 - 著作権法 第百二条第九項第一号（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9/item-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-20261019T151240-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T155604-001, 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