# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13)（出版権についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-13` - 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-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（出版権についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Print Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13 **第一項** この法律の施行前に設定された旧法による出版権でこの法律の施行の際現に存するものは、新法による出版権とみなす。 suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 Print rights under the former Act that are established before this Act comes into effect and that exist as of the time this Act comes into effect are deemed to be print rights under the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前にした旧法第二十八条ノ十の出版権の登録に関する処分又は手続は、これに相当する新法第八十八条の登録に関する処分又は手続とみなす。 suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2 A disposition or process connected with the registration of print rights as referred to in Article 28-10 of the former Act that is done before this Act comes into effect is deemed to be the corresponding disposition or process connected with the registration as referred to in Article 88 of the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の出版権については、新法第八十条から第八十五条までの規定にかかわらず、旧法第二十八条ノ三から第二十八条ノ八までの規定は、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 80 through 85 of the new Act, the provisions of Articles 28-3 to 28-8 of the former Act remain in force for the print rights referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2: 新法第八十八条 → 著作権法 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 附則第十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (1)), suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-1 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-82 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84 - suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3: 新法第八十条から第八十五条まで → 著作権法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-85 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第十三条第三項（出版権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/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