# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4161-92/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4161-92/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-3 **第一項** 改正後の著作権法第百十三条第五項に規定する国内頒布目的商業用レコードであってこの法律の施行の際現に発行されているものに対する同項の規定の適用については、同項ただし書中「国内において最初に発行された日」とあるのは「当該国内頒布目的商業用レコードが著作権法の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第九十二号）の施行の際現に発行されているものである場合において、当該施行の日」と、「経過した」とあるのは「経過した後、当該」とする。 suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1 In the application of the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act to a commercial phonogram for domestic distribution provided for in that paragraph which has been published as of the time this Act comes into effect, in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "day on which that phonogram is first published in Japan" is deemed to be replaced with "effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 92 of 2004), if that commercial phonogram for domestic distribution has been published as of the day on which it comes into effect", and the phrase "that has passed beyond" is deemed to be replaced with "after it has passed beyond". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-92/art-3/par-1: 著作権法第百十三条第五項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第十項 (Article 113, paragraph (10)), art-113/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10 --- ## 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 211 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19