# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（著作者が存しなくなつた後における人格的利益の保護） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条（著作者が存しなくなつた後における人格的利益の保護） — (Protection of Moral Interests after Author's Death) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-60 **第一項** 著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示する者は、その著作物の著作者が存しなくなつた後においても、著作者が存しているとしたならばその著作者人格権の侵害となるべき行為をしてはならない。ただし、その行為の性質及び程度、社会的事情の変動その他によりその行為が当該著作者の意を害しないと認められる場合は、この限りでない。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-60/par-1 Even after the death of an author, it is prohibited for a person that makes available or presents the author's work to the public to engage in conduct that would be prejudicial to the moral rights of the author if the author were alive; provided, however, that this does not apply if that conduct is found not to contravene the will of the author in light of the nature and extent of the conduct as well as changes in social circumstances and other conditions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百十六条第一項（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120/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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19