# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2)

- 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: 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2)（審査等の手続における複製等） — address `art-42-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四十二条の二（審査等の手続における複製等） — Reproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
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<sup>art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2</sup>

    **第一項**  著作物は、次に掲げる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。
    <sup>art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1</sup>
    It is permissible to reproduce a work if and to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the following 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:
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      **一**  行政庁の行う特許、意匠若しくは商標に関する審査、実用新案に関する技術的な評価又は国際出願（特許協力条約に基づく国際出願等に関する法律（昭和五十三年法律第三十号）第二条に規定する国際出願をいう。）に関する国際調査若しくは国際予備審査に関する手続
      <sup>art-42-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
      proceedings involved in a patent, industrial design, or trademark examination, the technical valuation of a utility model, or an international search or international preliminary examination for an international application (meaning international applications provided for in Article 2 of the Act on International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Act No. 30 of 1978)) by an administrative agency;
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      **二**  行政庁の行う品種（種苗法（平成十年法律第八十三号）第二条第二項に規定する品種をいう。）に関する審査又は登録品種（同法第二十条第一項に規定する登録品種をいう。）に関する調査に関する手続
      <sup>art-42-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
      proceedings regarding an administrative agency's examination of a variety (meaning the variety as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of 1998)) or investigation of a registered variety (meaning the registered variety as provided in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the same Act);
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      **三**  行政庁の行う特定農林水産物等（特定農林水産物等の名称の保護に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第八十四号）第二条第二項に規定する特定農林水産物等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）についての同法第六条の登録又は外国の特定農林水産物等についての同法第二十三条第一項の指定に関する手続
      <sup>art-42-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
      proceedings regarding an administrative agency's registration of specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs (meaning specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Protection of Names of Specific Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs (Act No. 84 of 2014); hereinafter the same applies in this item) under Article 6 of the same Act or designation of specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs of foreign countries under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the same Act;
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      **四**  行政庁若しくは独立行政法人の行う薬事（医療機器（医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第二条第四項に規定する医療機器をいう。）及び再生医療等製品（同条第九項に規定する再生医療等製品をいう。）に関する事項を含む。以下この号において同じ。）に関する審査若しくは調査又は行政庁若しくは独立行政法人に対する薬事に関する報告に関する手続
      <sup>art-42-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
      proceedings regarding an administrative agency's or incorporated administrative agency's examination or investigation of pharmaceutical affairs (the pharmaceutical affairs include particulars of medical devices (meaning medical devices as provided in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960)) and regenerative medicine products (meaning regenerative medicine products as provided in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the same Act); the same applies hereinafter in this item), or proceedings regarding a report about pharmaceutical affairs submitted to an administrative agency or incorporated administrative agency;
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      **五**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、これらに類するものとして政令で定める手続
      <sup>art-42-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-5</sup>
      beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, proceedings that Cabinet Order prescribes as being similar thereto.
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    **第二項**  著作物は、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前項各号に掲げる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、公衆送信を行い、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。
    <sup>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</sup>
    It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work or to publicly communicate it through a receiver, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the proceedings set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph that 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.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-42-2/par-1/item-1: 特許協力条約に基づく国際出願等に関する法律（昭和五十三年法律第三十号）第二条 → e-Gov law 353AC0000000030, 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-2: 種苗法（平成十年法律第八十三号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000083, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-2: 同法第二十条第一項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000083, 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-3: 特定農林水産物等の名称の保護に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第八十四号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000084, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-3: この号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第三号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-42-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-3
- art-42-2/par-1/item-3: 同法第六条 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000084, 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-3: 同法第二十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000084, 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-4: 医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第二条第四項 → e-Gov law 335AC0000000145, 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-4: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 335AC0000000145, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection
- art-42-2/par-1/item-4: この号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第四号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-42-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-4
- art-42-2/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-42-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-1
- art-42-2/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第二号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-42-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-2
- art-42-2/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第三号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-42-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-3
- art-42-2/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第四号 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-42-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-4
- art-42-2/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1)), art-42-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 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 第四十二条の二第一項第三号（審査等の手続における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-3
- 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第四号（審査等の手続における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-4
- 著作権法 第四十二条の二第一項第五号（審査等の手続における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/par-1/item-5
- 著作権法 第四十二条の二第二項（審査等の手続における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2/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

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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-20261019T151240-001, 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