# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12) - 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（登録についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-12 - 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. --- ### 第十二条（登録についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Registrations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-12 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした旧法第十五条の著作権の登録、実名の登録及び第一発行年月日の登録に関する処分又は手続は、附則第十五条第三項の規定に該当する場合を除き、これらに相当する新法第七十五条から第七十七条までの登録に関する処分又は手続とみなす。 suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1 · 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 Except in a case falling under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, a disposition or process connected with the registration of a copyright, registration of the author's true name, or registration of the date of first publication as referred to in Article 15 of the former Act is deemed to be the disposition or process connected with the corresponding registration as referred to in Article 75 to Article 77 of the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法第十五条第三項の著作年月日の登録がされている著作物については、旧法第三十五条第五項の規定は、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-2 The provisions of Article 35, paragraph (5) of the former Act remain in force for a work whose date of authorship is registered as referred to in Article 15, paragraph (3) of the former Act as of the time this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1: 附則第十五条第三項 → 著作権法 附則第十五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (3)), suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3 - suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1: 新法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 著作権法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-75 - suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1: 新法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 著作権法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76 - suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1: 新法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 著作権法 第七十六条の二 (Article 76-2), art-76-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2 - suppl-3451-48/art-12/par-1: 新法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 著作権法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-77 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第十五条第四項（著作隣接権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4 --- ## 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