# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十二条の三 (Article 42-3) - 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: 第四十二条の三 (Article 42-3)（行政機関情報公開法等による開示のための利用） — address `art-42-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十二条の三（行政機関情報公開法等による開示のための利用） — (Exploitation for Disclosure Pursuant to the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information and Other Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-3 **第一項** 行政機関の長、独立行政法人等又は地方公共団体の機関若しくは地方独立行政法人は、行政機関情報公開法、独立行政法人等情報公開法又は情報公開条例の規定により著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示することを目的とする場合には、それぞれ行政機関情報公開法第十四条第一項（同項の規定に基づく政令の規定を含む。）に規定する方法、独立行政法人等情報公開法第十五条第一項に規定する方法（同項の規定に基づき当該独立行政法人等が定める方法（行政機関情報公開法第十四条第一項の規定に基づく政令で定める方法以外のものを除く。）を含む。）又は情報公開条例で定める方法（行政機関情報公開法第十四条第一項（同項の規定に基づく政令の規定を含む。）に規定する方法以外のものを除く。）により開示するために必要と認められる限度において、当該著作物を利用することができる。 art-42-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-3/par-1 The head of an administrative organ or an incorporated administrative agency, etc., local government agency, or local incorporated administrative agency may exploit a work in order to make available or present that work to the public, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for disclosing the work by each of the means provided for in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information (including the provisions of Cabinet Order based on the provisions of that paragraph), Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information (including means decided by the relevant incorporated administrative agency, etc. based on the provisions of that paragraph (excluding anything other than the means provided for by Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information)), or information disclosure ordinance (excluding anything other than the means set forth in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information (including the provisions of Cabinet Order based on the provisions of that paragraph)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-42-3/par-1: 行政機関情報公開法第十四条第一項 → 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-disclosure-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-14/par-1 - art-42-3/par-1: 独立行政法人等情報公開法第十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000140, 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 著作権法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4111-77/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-77/par-6 --- ## 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