# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（罰則についての経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-52/art-6` - 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-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（罰則についての経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-52/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-6 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条第三号及び第四号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-52/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-6/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act (as for the provisions of Article 1, items (iii) and (iv) of these Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-52/art-6/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 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-6/par-1: 第四号 → 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-4 ## 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