# 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-4011-43` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43 - 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 平成元年六月二八日法律第四三号 suppl-4011-43 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43 **第一項** この法律は、実演家、レコード製作者及び放送機関の保護に関する国際条約が日本国について効力を生ずる日から施行する。 suppl-4011-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations comes into force with respect to Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 改正後の著作権法（以下「新法」という。）中著作隣接権に関する規定（第九十五条及び第九十七条の規定を含む。）は、次に掲げるものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4011-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2 Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Articles 95 and 97) do not apply to the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** この法律の施行前に行われた新法第七条第五号に掲げる実演 suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-1 a performance as set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the new Act, which takes place before this Act comes into effect; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** この法律の施行前にその音が最初に固定された新法第八条第三号に掲げるレコードで次項に規定するもの以外のもの suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 a phonogram as set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the new Act, in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect, and which is other than as provided in the following paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** この法律の施行前に行われた新法第九条第三号に掲げる放送 suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3 a broadcast as set forth in Article 9, item (iii) of the new Act, which takes place before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前にその音が最初に固定された新法第八条第三号に掲げるレコードで許諾を得ないレコードの複製からのレコード製作者の保護に関する条約により我が国が保護の義務を負うものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4011-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-3 Prior laws continue to govern a phonogram as set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the new Act in which sounds have been first fixed before this Act comes into effect and which Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 著作権法中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実演に係る実演家で当該実演が行われた際国内に常居所を有しない外国人であったものについては、適用しない。ただし、著作権法の施行前に行われた実演で同法の施行の際現に旧著作権法（明治三十二年法律第三十九号）による著作権が存するものに係る実演家については、この限りでない。 suppl-4011-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-4 Provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) do not apply to a performer involved in a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect, who is a foreign national without a habitual residence in Japan at the time the performance takes place; provided, however, that this does not apply to a performer involved in a performance that takes place before the Copyright Act comes into effect and for which a copyright under the former Copyright Act (Act No. 39 of 1899) exists at the time the Copyright Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-1: 新法第七条第五号 → 著作権法 第七条第一項第五号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-7/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-5 - suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2: 新法第八条第三号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2: 次項 → 著作権法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-4011-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-3 - suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3: 新法第九条第三号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第三号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-9/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4011-43/par-3: 新法第八条第三号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-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