# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) - 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（国民に対する啓発等） — address `suppl-5021-48/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（国民に対する啓発等） — (Raising the Awareness of the People) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5021-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、国民が、私的使用（第二条の規定による改正後の著作権法（以下「第二条改正後著作権法」という。）第三十条第一項に規定する私的使用をいう。）の目的をもって、特定侵害複製（同項第四号に規定する特定侵害複製をいう。以下この項において同じ。）を、特定侵害複製であることを知りながら行って著作権を侵害する行為（以下「特定侵害行為」という。）の防止の重要性に対する理解を深めることができるよう、特定侵害行為の防止に関する啓発その他の必要な措置を講じなければならない。 suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 The national government and local government agencies must raise awareness regarding prevention of the act of infringing a copyright by undertaking, for private use (meaning the private use as provided in Article 30, paragraph (1) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Copyright Act amended under Article 2")), the specified infringing reproduction (meaning the specified infringing reproduction as provided in item (iv) of the same paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), knowing that the relevant action constitutes the specified infringing reproduction (hereinafter referred to as a "specified act of infringement"), and take other necessary measures, so that the people are able to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of preventing specified acts of infringement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国及び地方公共団体は、未成年者があらゆる機会を通じて特定侵害行為の防止の重要性に対する理解を深めることができるよう、学校その他の様々な場を通じて特定侵害行為の防止に関する教育の充実を図らなければならない。 suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-2 The national government and local government agencies must enhance education regarding the prevention of specified acts of infringement in schools and in a variety of other settings, so that minors are able to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of preventing specified acts of infringement at every opportunity. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-1 - suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1: 同項第四号 → 著作権法 第三十条第一項第四号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-30/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-1/item-4 - suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite 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-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 附則第二条第一項（国民に対する啓発等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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