# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第七十六条の二 (Article 76-2) - 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: 第七十六条の二 (Article 76-2)（創作年月日の登録） — address `art-76-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第七十六条の二（創作年月日の登録） — (Registration of the Date of Creation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2 **第一項** プログラムの著作物の著作者は、その著作物について創作年月日の登録を受けることができる。ただし、その著作物の創作後六月を経過した場合は、この限りでない。 art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-1 The author of a work of computer programming may have the date of creation of the work registered; provided, however, that this does not apply after six months have passed since the creation of that work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の登録がされている著作物については、その登録に係る年月日において創作があつたものと推定する。 art-76-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-2 A work of computer programming that has been registered as referred to in the preceding paragraph is presumed to have been created on the registered date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76-2/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第七十六条の二第一項 (Article 76-2, paragraph (1)), art-76-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七十六条の二第二項（創作年月日の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-2 - 著作権法 第七十八条第一項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第十二条第一項（登録についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第三項（創作年月日登録についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/par-3 --- ## 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