# 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)（経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-52/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/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. 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. --- ### 第二条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-2 **第一項** 第一条の規定（前条第三号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）による改正後の著作権法（以下「第一条改正後著作権法」という。）第二十九条第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に創作される映画の著作物の著作権の帰属について適用し、施行日前に創作された映画の著作物の著作権の帰属については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Copyright Act as amended by the provisions of the Article 1 (other than the amending provisions set forth in the item (iii) of the preceding Article) (hereinafter referred to as the "Copyright Act amended under Article 1") apply to the ownership of copyright to a cinematographic work created on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"); and prior laws continue to govern the ownership of copyright to a cinematographic work which has been created before the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1: 前条第三号 → 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1: 第二十九条第二項 → 著作権法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2 - suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-7/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