# 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-4091-86` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86 - 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 平成九年六月一八日法律第八六号 suppl-4091-86 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86 **第一項** この法律は、平成十年一月一日から施行する。 suppl-4091-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/par-1 This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1998. 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。）第二十三条第一項、第九十二条の二第一項又は第九十六条の二の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に自動公衆送信される状態に置かれている著作物、実演（改正前の著作権法（以下「旧法」という。）第九十二条第二項第二号に掲げるものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）又はレコードを、当該自動公衆送信に係る送信可能化を行った者（当該送信可能化を行った者とこの法律の施行の際現に当該著作物、実演又はレコードを当該送信可能化に係る新法第二条第一項第九号の五の自動公衆送信装置を用いて自動公衆送信される状態に置いている者が異なる場合には、当該自動公衆送信される状態に置いている者）が当該自動公衆送信装置を用いて送信可能化する場合には、適用しない。 suppl-4091-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/par-2 The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1); Article 92-2, paragraph (1); and Article 96-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply if the person that has made available for transmission via automatic public transmission, a work, performance (limited to one set forth in Article 92, paragraph (2) item (ii) of the pre-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act")) or phonogram that has been put into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission as of the time this Act comes into effect (if the person that makes a work, performance, or phonogram available for transmission and the person that, as of the time this Act comes into effect, has used the automatic public transmission server, as referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)-5 of the new Act in connection with the relevant work, performance, or phonogram available for transmission, to put the relevant work, performance, or phonogram into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission are different persons, this means the person that has put the work, performance, or phonogram into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission), uses the relevant automatic public transmission server to make the work, performance, or phonogram available for transmission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行の際現に自動公衆送信される状態に置かれている実演（旧法第九十二条第二項第二号に掲げるものを除く。）については、同条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行後も、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-4091-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/par-3 The provisions of Article 92, paragraph (1) of the former Act remain in force even after this Act comes into effect, with respect to a performance (other than one set forth in Article 92, paragraph (2), item (ii)) that has been put into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission as of the time this Act comes into effect. 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-4091-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/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-4091-86/par-2: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 - suppl-4091-86/par-2: 第九十二条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十二条の二第一項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (1)), art-92-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92-2/par-1 - suppl-4091-86/par-2: 第九十六条の二 → 著作権法 第九十六条の二 (Article 96-2), art-96-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-96-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-2 - suppl-4091-86/par-2: この項 → 著作権法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-4091-86/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/par-2 - suppl-4091-86/par-2: 新法第二条第一項第九号の五 → 著作権法 第二条第一項第九号の五 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-5)), art-2/par-1/item-9-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-9-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-9-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第二項（自動公衆送信される状態に置かれている著作物等についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/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