# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（適用範囲についての経過措置） — address `suppl-3451-48/art-2` - 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-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（適用範囲についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures with Regard to the Scope of Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3451-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-2 **第一項** 改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）中著作権に関する規定は、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の著作権法（以下「旧法」という。）による著作権の全部が消滅している著作物については、適用しない。 suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-1 Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") that concern copyright do not apply to a work for which the entirety of the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect. 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による著作権の一部が消滅している著作物については、新法中これに相当する著作権に関する規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-2 If part of the copyright to a work under the former Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect, the corresponding provisions of the new Act that concern the expired part of the copyright do not apply to that work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に行われた実演（新法第七条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）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（新法第八条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）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ついては、新法第七条及び第八条の規定にかかわらず、著作権法中著作隣接権に関する規定（第九十四条の二、第九十五条、第九十五条の三第三項及び第四項、第九十七条並びに第九十七条の三第三項から第五項までの規定を含む。）を適用する。 suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of the new Act, the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Articles 94-2 and 95; Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4); Article 97; and Article 97-3, paragraphs (3) through (5)) apply to a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect (excluding a performance falling under one of the items of Article 7 of the new Act) and to a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect (excluding a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8 of the new Act) for which a copyright under the former Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 新法第七条 → 著作権法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 新法第八条 → 著作権法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十四条の二 → 著作権法 第九十四条の二 (Article 94-2), art-94-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-2 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十五条 → 著作権法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十五条の三第三項 → 著作権法 第九十五条の三第三項 (Article 95-3, paragraph (3)), art-95-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-3/par-3 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第四項 → 著作権法 第九十五条の三第四項 (Article 95-3, paragraph (4)), art-95-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-3/par-4 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十七条 → 著作権法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十七条の三第三項から第五項まで → 著作権法 第九十七条の三第三項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (3)), art-97-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-3/par-3 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十七条の三第三項から第五項まで → 著作権法 第九十七条の三第四項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (4)), art-97-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-3/par-4 - suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3: 第九十七条の三第三項から第五項まで → 著作権法 第九十七条の三第五項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (5)), art-97-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-3/par-5 --- ## 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