# 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-3611-64` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64 - 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 昭和六一年五月二三日法律第六四号 suppl-3611-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64 **第一項** この法律は、昭和六十二年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-3611-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1987. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前に創作された改正後の著作権法第二十九条第三項に規定する映画の著作物の著作権の帰属については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3611-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern the ownership of a copyright to a cinematographic work as provided for in Article 29, paragraph (3) of the post-amendment Copyright Act which has been created before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 著作権法中有線放送事業者又は実演家に係る著作隣接権に関する規定（第九十五条並びに第九十五条の三第三項及び第四項の規定を含む。）は、この法律の施行前に行われた有線放送又はその有線放送において送信された実演（同法第七条第一号から第三号までに規定する実演に該当するものを除く。）については、適用しない。 suppl-3611-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64/par-3 Provisions of the Copyright Act that concern the neighboring rights of a cablecaster or performer (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) do not apply to a cablecast that takes place before this Act comes into effect, nor to a performance transmitted in such a cablecast (excluding a performance that falls under a category provided for in Article 7, items (i) through (iii) of the Copyright Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3611-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64/par-4 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3611-64/par-2: 著作権法第二十九条第三項 → 著作権法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/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