# 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-4231-74` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74 - 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 平成二三年六月二四日法律第七四号 suppl-4231-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4231-74/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect 20 days after the date of its promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一から四まで** 略 suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 Omitted machine translation, not official **五** 附則第六十二条の規定　不正競争防止法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十三年法律第六十二号。同条及び附則第六十三条において「不正競争防止法一部改正法」という。）の公布の日又は施行日のいずれか遅い日 suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5 the provisions of Article 62 of these Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 62 of 2011; referred to as the "Act Partially Amending Unfair Competition Prevention Act" in that Article and Article 63 of these Supplementary Provisions) or the effective date, whichever comes later. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5: 同条 → 著作権法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4231-74/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4231-74/art-1/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-010, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19