# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — address `suppl-5031-52/art-4` - 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-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — (Preparatory Actions for Designation of Copyright Management Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4 **第一項** 文化庁長官は、施行日前においても、第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第三項、第九十四条第一項、第九十四条の三第三項又は第九十六条の三第三項の規定及び第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第四項（第一条改正後著作権法第九十四条第四項、第九十四条の三第四項及び第九十六条の三第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定の例により、著作権等管理事業者（第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第二十三号に規定する著作権等管理事業者をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の指定をすることができる。この場合において、それらの指定は、施行日以後は、それぞれ第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第三項、第九十四条第一項、第九十四条の三第三項又は第九十六条の三第三項の規定による指定とみなす。 suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may designate the copyright management service (meaning the copyright management service provided in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) in accordance with the provisions of Article 93-3, paragraph (3), Article 94, paragraph (1), Article 94-3 paragraph (3) or Article 96-3, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1 and the provisions of Article 93-3, paragraph (4) of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Articles 94, paragraph (4), Article 94-3, paragraph (4), and Article 96-3, paragraph (4)) even before the date of its enforcement. In this case, such designation is, respectively, deemed to be the designation under the provisions of Article 93-3, paragraph (3), Article 94, paragraph (1), Article 94-3, paragraph (3) or Article 96-3, paragraph (3) after the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による指定を受けた著作権等管理事業者は、施行日前においても、第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第七項及び第十二項（これらの規定を第一条改正後著作権法第九十四条第四項、第九十四条の三第四項及び第九十六条の三第四項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定の例により、令和四年の第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第七項に規定する報酬又は補償金の額について、放送事業者、有線放送事業者若しくは放送同時配信等事業者（第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第九号の八に規定する放送同時配信等事業者をいう。附則第八条第一項において同じ。）又はその団体と協議して定めることができる。 suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 The designated copyright management service pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may fix the amount of remuneration or compensation provided for in Article 93-3, paragraph (7) of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1, in consultation with broadcasters, cablecasters or simultaneous broadcasting services (meaning the simultaneous broadcasting service provided in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)-8 of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1; the same applies hereinafter in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions.) in accordance with the provisions of Article 93-3, paragraphs (7) and (12) of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1 (including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 94, paragraph (4), Article 94-3, paragraph (4) and Article 96-3, paragraph (4) ; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) even before the date of its enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第三項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第三項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (3)), art-93-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-3 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第九十四条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第九十四条の三第三項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第三項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (3)), art-94-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-3 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第九十六条の三第三項 → 著作権法 第九十六条の三第三項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (3)), art-96-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-96-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-3/par-3 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第四項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第四項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (4)), art-93-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第一条改正後著作権法第九十四条第四項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第四項 (Article 94, paragraph (4)), art-94/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第九十四条の三第四項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第四項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (4)), art-94-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第九十六条の三第四項 → 著作権法 第九十六条の三第四項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (4)), art-96-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-96-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-3/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: 第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第二十三号 → 著作権法 第二条第一項第二十三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii)), art-2/par-1/item-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-23 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5031-52/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第一条改正後著作権法第九十三条の三第七項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第七項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (7)), art-93-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-7 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第十二項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十二項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (12)), art-93-3/par-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-12 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第一条改正後著作権法第九十四条第四項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第四項 (Article 94, paragraph (4)), art-94/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第九十四条の三第四項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第四項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (4)), art-94-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第九十六条の三第四項 → 著作権法 第九十六条の三第四項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (4)), art-96-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-96-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-3/par-4 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: この項 → 著作権法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第九号の八 → 著作権法 第二条第一項第九号の八 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-8)), art-2/par-1/item-9-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-9-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-9-8 - suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2: 附則第八条第一項 → 著作権法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-52/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-8/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第四条第一項（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第四条第二項（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 - 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