# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（著作隣接権についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-15` - 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-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（著作隣接権についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Neighboring Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした旧法の著作権の譲渡その他の処分で、この法律の施行前に行われた実演又はこの法律の施行前にその音が最初に固定されたレコードでこの法律の施行の日から新法中著作隣接権に関する規定が適用されることとなるものに係るものは、新法のこれに相当する著作隣接権の譲渡その他の処分とみなす。 suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 A transfer or other disposal of a copyright referred to in the former Act that is carried out before this Act comes into effect, which is connected with a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect or with a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect and to which the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights begin to apply from the date on which this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a transfer or other disposal of the corresponding neighboring rights referred to in the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する実演又はレコードでこの法律の施行の際現に旧法による著作権が存するものに係る著作隣接権の存続期間は、旧法によるこれらの著作権の存続期間の満了する日が新法第百一条の規定による期間の満了する日後の日であるときは、同条の規定にかかわらず、旧法による著作権の存続期間の満了する日（その日がこの法律の施行の日から起算して七十年を経過する日後の日であるときは、その七十年を経過する日）までの間とする。 suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 101 of the new Act, if the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Act is after the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of Article 101 of the new Act, the duration of neighboring rights linked to a performance or phonogram which is provided for in the preceding paragraph and for which a copyright under the former Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect is until the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Act (or, if this falls after the day that marks the passage of 70 years counting from the day on which this Act comes into effect, the duration of such neighboring rights is until the day that marks the passage of those 70 years). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に第一項に規定する実演又はレコードについてした旧法第十五条第一項の著作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百四条の著作隣接権の登録に関する処分又は手続とみなす。 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 A disposition or other process connected with the registration of a copyright as referred to Article 15, paragraph (1) of the former Act, which is made for a performance or phonogram provided for in paragraph (1) of this Article before this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be the disposition or other process connected with the corresponding registration of neighboring rights as referred to in Article 104 of the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 附則第十条第一項及び第十二条第二項の規定は、第一項に規定する実演又はレコードについて準用する。 suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4 · 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 The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) and Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the performance or phonograms provided for in paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)), suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2: 新法第百一条 → 著作権法 第百一条 (Article 101), art-101 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 附則第十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)), suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3: 新法第百四条 → 著作権法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4: 附則第十条第一項 → 著作権法 附則第十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10, paragraph (1)), suppl-3451-48/art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-10/par-1 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4: 第十二条第二項 → 著作権法 附則第十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (2)), 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 - suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 附則第十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)), suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第九条第一項（著作権の処分についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-9/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 附則第十五条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第十五条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-3 - 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