# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（調整規定） — address `suppl-4301-30/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-8
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### 第八条（調整規定） — (Provisions on Coordination)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-30/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の日が環太平洋パートナーシップ協定の締結に伴う関係法律の整備に関する法律（平成二十八年法律第百八号）の施行の日前である場合には、第百十三条第五項の改正規定及び附則第一条第一号中「第百十三条第五項」とあるのは、「第百十三条第四項」とする。
<sup>suppl-4301-30/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-8/par-1</sup>
If the effective date of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions falls before the effective date of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Act No. 108 of 2016), the phrase "Article 113, paragraph (5)" in the provision amending Article 113, paragraph (5) and in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 113, paragraph (4)".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-30/art-8/par-1: 附則第一条第一号 → 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-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一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-1/par-1/item-1

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## 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-20261019T151240-011, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
