# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3591-46` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和五九年五月二五日法律第四六号 suppl-3591-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46 **第一項** この法律は、昭和六十年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-3591-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1985. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 商業用レコードの公衆への貸与に関する著作者等の権利に関する暫定措置法（昭和五十八年法律第七十六号。以下「暫定措置法」という。）は、廃止する。 suppl-3591-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46/par-2 The Interim Measures Act on the Rights of Authors and Similar Persons in the Renting of Commercial Phonograms to the Public (Act No. 76 of 1983; hereinafter referred to as "the Interim Measure Act") is hereby repealed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に暫定措置法の規定により商業用レコードの公衆への貸与について許諾を得た者は、改正後の著作権法第二十六条の二、第九十五条の二及び第九十七条の二の規定にかかわらず、その許諾に係る条件の範囲内において当該商業用レコードに複製されている著作物、実演及びレコードを当該商業用レコードの貸与により公衆に提供することができる。 suppl-3591-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26-3, Article 95-3, and Article 97-3 of the post-amendment Copyright Act, a person that obtains authorization to rent out a commercial phonogram to the public pursuant to the provisions of the Interim Measures Act before this Act comes into effect, may make available the work, performance, or phonogram reproduced in the commercial phonogram to the public by renting out that commercial phonogram, within the scope of the conditions under authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律の施行前にした暫定措置法第四条第一項の規定に違反する行為については、暫定措置法（これに基づく政令を含む。）の規定は、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-3591-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46/par-4 The provisions of the Interim Measures Act (including any Cabinet Order based on it) remain in force with respect to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Interim Measures Act which takes place before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-46/par-3: 著作権法第二十六条の二 → 著作権法 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2), art-26-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-2 - suppl-3591-46/par-3: 第九十五条の二 → 著作権法 第九十五条の二 (Article 95-2), art-95-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-2 - suppl-3591-46/par-3: 第九十七条の二 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二 (Article 97-2), art-97-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2 --- ## 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