# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十二条の四 (Article 42-4) - 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: 第四十二条の四 (Article 42-4)（公文書管理法等による保存等のための利用） — address `art-42-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4 - 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. --- ### 第四十二条の四（公文書管理法等による保存等のための利用） — (Exploitation for Preservation Pursuant to the Public Records Management Act and Other Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4 **第一項** 国立公文書館等の長又は地方公文書館等の長は、公文書管理法第十五条第一項の規定又は公文書管理条例の規定（同項の規定に相当する規定に限る。）により歴史公文書等を保存することを目的とする場合には、必要と認められる限度において、当該歴史公文書等に係る著作物を複製することができる。 art-42-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4/par-1 The head of the National Archives of Japan, etc. or the head of the local archives, etc. may reproduce a work associated with the historical public records and archives to the extent that is found to be necessary, if the purpose of doing so is to preserve the historical public records and archives pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Public Records Management Act or the provisions of public records management ordinance (limited to provisions equivalent to the relevant paragraph of the Public Records Management Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国立公文書館等の長又は地方公文書館等の長は、公文書管理法第十六条第一項の規定又は公文書管理条例の規定（同項の規定に相当する規定に限る。）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、それぞれ公文書管理法第十九条（同条の規定に基づく政令の規定を含む。以下この項において同じ。）に規定する方法又は公文書管理条例で定める方法（同条に規定する方法以外のものを除く。）により利用をさせ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-42-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4/par-2 The head of the National Archives of Japan, etc. or the head of the local archives, etc. may exploit a work to the extent that this is found to be necessary in order to allow the work to be exploited by each of the means provided for in Article 19 of the Public Records Management Act (this includes any provisions of Cabinet Order that are based on the provisions of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) or public records management ordinance (excluding anything not constituting a means set forth in the relevant Article of the Public Records Management Act), if the purpose of doing so is to make it available or present it to the public pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Public Records Management Act or the provisions of public records management ordinance (limited to provisions equivalent to Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Public Records Management Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-42-4/par-1: 公文書管理法第十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-42-4/par-2: 公文書管理法第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-42-4/par-2: 公文書管理法第十九条 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — not held in this collection - art-42-4/par-2: この項 → 著作権法 第四十二条の四第二項 (Article 42-4, paragraph (2)), art-42-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四十二条の四第二項（公文書管理法等による保存等のための利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-4/par-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 --- ## 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