# 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-4081-117` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117 - 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 平成八年一二月二六日法律第一一七号 suppl-4081-117 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4081-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within three months after the date of its promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 改正後の著作権法中著作物の保護期間に関する規定（次項において「新法」という。）は、写真の著作物については、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の著作権法による著作権が存するものについて適用し、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の著作権法による著作権が消滅している写真の著作物については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4081-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117/par-2 Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of protection for a work (referred to as "the new Act" in the following paragraph) apply to a photographic work for which a copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a photographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time 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創作された写真の著作物の著作権の存続期間は、当該写真の著作物の改正前の著作権法中著作物の保護期間に関する規定（以下「旧法」という。）による期間の満了する日が新法による期間の満了する日後の日であるときは、新法にかかわらず、旧法による期間の満了する日までの間とする。 suppl-4081-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117/par-3 Notwithstanding the new Act, if the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of the pre-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of protection (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") for a photographic work created before this Act comes into effect is after the day on which the duration expires under the new Act, the duration of copyright for such a photographic work is until the day on which the duration expires under the former Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4081-117/par-2: 次項 → 著作権法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-4081-117/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第二項（写真の著作物の保護期間についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4081-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4081-117/par-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