# 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-4031-63` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63 - 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 平成三年五月二日法律第六三号 suppl-4031-63 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63 **第一項** この法律は、平成四年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-4031-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1992. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作権法第九十五条の三の規定は、著作権法の一部を改正する法律（平成元年法律第四十三号。次項第二号において「平成元年改正法」という。）の施行前に行われた著作権法第七条第五号に掲げる実演については、適用しない。 suppl-4031-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-2 The provisions of Article 95-3 of the Copyright Act do not apply to a performance as set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the Copyright Act, which takes place before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 1989; referred to as "the Amending Act of 1989" in item (ii) of the following paragraph) comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 著作権法第九十七条の三の規定は、次に掲げるものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4031-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3 The provisions of Article 97-3 of the Copyright Act do not apply to the following phonograms: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 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（次号及び附則第五項第三号において「レコード保護条約」という。）により我が国が保護の義務を負うレコード（著作権法第八条第一号又は第二号に掲げるものを除く。）であって著作権法の一部を改正する法律（昭和五十三年法律第四十九号）の施行前にその音が最初に固定されたもの suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1 a phonogram (excluding one set forth in Article 8, item (i) or (ii) of the Copyright Act) that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (referred to as "the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms" in the following item and paragraph (5), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions), and in which sounds are first fixed before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 49 of 1978) comes into effect; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 著作権法第八条第三号に掲げるレコード（レコード保護条約により我が国が保護の義務を負うものを除く。）であって平成元年改正法の施行前にその音が最初に固定されたもの suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the Copyright Act (excluding one that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms) in which sounds are first fixed before the Amending Act of 1989 comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 最初に販売された日がこの法律の施行前である商業用レコード（第七条第一号から第四号までに掲げる実演が録音されているもの及び第八条第一号又は第二号に掲げるレコードが複製されているものに限る。）を実演家又はレコード製作者が貸与により公衆に提供する権利に関する第九十五条の三第二項に規定する期間経過商業用レコードに係る期間の起算日については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4031-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-4 Prior laws continue to govern the first day of calculation in the period for a post-term commercial phonogram provided for in Article 95-3, paragraph (2), in connection with the right of the performer or producer of a phonogram to make available a commercial phonogram first sold on a day before this Act comes into effect to the public by renting it out (limited to a commercial phonogram in which the sound of a performance set forth in Article 7, items (i) through (iv) has been recorded or one in which a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (i) or (ii) has been reproduced). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 改正後の第百二十一条の二の規定は、この法律の施行後に行われる次に掲げる行為については、適用しない。 suppl-4031-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5 The post-amendment provisions of Article 121-2 do not apply to the following acts that take place after this Act comes into effect: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 国内において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者がレコード製作者からそのレコード（第八条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）の原盤の提供を受けて製作した商業用レコード（次号において「特定外国原盤商業用レコード」という。）で、当該原盤に音を最初に固定した日の属する年の翌年から起算して二十年を経過する日（次号において「二十年の禁止期間経過日」という。）が著作権法の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十三年法律第八十七号。次号及び第三号において「昭和六十三年改正法」という。）の施行前であるもの（当該商業用レコードの複製物（二以上の段階にわたる複製に係る複製物を含む。）を含む。）を商業用レコードとして複製し、その複製物を頒布し、又はその複製物を頒布の目的をもって所持する行為 suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-1 the reproduction, as a commercial phonogram, of a commercial phonogram (or of a copy of a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening reproductions removed from the commercial phonogram)) that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in Japan produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram (referred to as a "commercial phonogram produced from a master from a specified foreign country" in the following item), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master (referred to as the "day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibition" in the following item) is before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 87 of 1988; referred to as "the Amending Act of 1988" in the following item and item (iii)) comes into effect; the distribution of the copies of such a reproduced commercial phonogram as a commercial phonogram; or the possession of such copies for the purpose of distribution as a commercial phonogram; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 二十年の禁止期間経過日以前に特定外国原盤商業用レコードを複製した商業用レコードで、二十年の禁止期間経過日が昭和六十三年改正法の施行前であるものを頒布し、又は頒布の目的をもって所持する行為 suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 the distribution, or the possession for the purpose of distribution, of a commercial phonogram in which a commercial phonogram produced from a master from a specified foreign country has been reproduced on or before the day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibition, and for which the day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibition is before the Amending Act of 1988 comes into effect; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 著作権法の施行地外において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者が実演家、レコード製作者及び放送機関の保護に関する国際条約又はレコード保護条約の締約国の国民（これらの条約の締約国の法令に基づいて設立された法人及び当該締約国に主たる事務所を有する法人を含む。）であるレコード製作者からそのレコード（第八条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）の原盤の提供を受けて製作した商業用レコードで、当該原盤に音を最初に固定した日の属する年の翌年から起算して二十年を経過する日が昭和六十三年改正法の施行前であるもの（当該商業用レコードの複製物（二以上の段階にわたる複製に係る複製物を含む。）を含む。）を商業用レコードとして複製し、その複製物を頒布し、又はその複製物を頒布の目的をもって所持する行為 suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 the reproduction, as a commercial phonogram, of a commercial phonogram (or of a copy of a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening reproductions removed from the commercial phonogram)) that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in a place outside the jurisdiction of the Copyright Act produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram that is the national of a Contracting State of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations or of the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms (the nationals of a Contracting State include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that State and corporations that have principal offices in that State), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master is before the Amending Act of 1988 comes into effect; the distribution of the copies of such a reproduced commercial phonogram as a commercial phonogram; or the possession of such copies for the purpose of distribution as a commercial phonogram. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 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-4031-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-6 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-4031-63/par-2: 著作権法第九十五条の三 → 著作権法 第九十五条の三 (Article 95-3), art-95-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-3 - suppl-4031-63/par-2: 次項第二号 → 著作権法 附則第三項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3), item (ii)), suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 - suppl-4031-63/par-2: 著作権法第七条第五号 → 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-4031-63/par-3: 著作権法第九十七条の三 → 著作権法 第九十七条の三 (Article 97-3), art-97-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-3 - suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1: 次号 → 著作権法 附則第三項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3), item (ii)), suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 - suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1: 附則第五項第三号 → 著作権法 附則第五項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5), item (iii)), suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 - suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1: 著作権法第八条第一号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1: 第二号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2: 著作権法第八条第三号 → 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-4031-63/par-5/item-1: 次号 → 著作権法 附則第五項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5), item (ii)), suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-2 - suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-1: 第三号 → 著作権法 附則第五項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5), item (iii)), suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-5/item-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. 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