# 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-4131-140` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140 - 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 平成一三年一二月五日法律第一四〇号 suppl-4131-140 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-140/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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-4131-140/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year from the date of its promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七条（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Copyright Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-140/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140/art-7 **第一項** 前条の規定による改正後の著作権法第十八条第三項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、前条の規定の施行前に著作者が独立行政法人等に提供した著作物でまだ公表されていないもの（その著作者の同意を得ないで公表された著作物を含む。）については、適用しない。 suppl-4131-140/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4131-140/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4131-140/art-7/par-1 The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) (limited to the part concerned with item (ii)) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of the preceding Article do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of its author) which has been made available to an incorporated administrative agency, etc. by its author before the provisions of the preceding Article come into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4131-140/art-7/par-1: 著作権法第十八条第三項 → 著作権法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-18/par-3 - suppl-4131-140/art-7/par-1: 第二号 → 著作権法 第十八条第三項第二号 (Article 18, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-18/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-18/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-18/par-3/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