# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — address `suppl-5051-33/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三条（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — Preparatory Actions for Designation, etc. of Designated Compensation Management Organizations
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**第一項**  新法第百四条の十八の規定による指定を受けようとする者は、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の十九第一項及び第二項の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1</sup>
A person who wishes to be designated under Article 104-18 of the new Act may file the application for it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-19, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act.
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**第二項**  文化庁長官は、前項の規定により指定の申請があった場合には、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の十八並びに第百四条の十九第三項及び第四項の規定の例により、その指定及び告示をすることができる。この場合において、当該指定及び告示は、施行日以後は、それぞれ新法第百四条の十八の規定による指定及び新法第百四条の十九第四項の規定による告示とみなす。
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If an application for designation has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may make the designation and give public notice of it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-18 and Article 104-19, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that designation and public notice are deemed to be the designation under the provisions of Article 104-18 of the new Act and the public notice under the provisions of Article 104-19, paragraph (4) of the new Act, respectively.
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**第三項**  前項の規定により指定を受けた者は、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の二十三第一項及び第二項の規定の例により、同条第一項に規定する補償金管理業務規程の認可の申請を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3</sup>
A person designated pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, even before the effective date, file an application for approval of the compensation management function rules provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act.
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**第四項**  文化庁長官は、前項の規定により認可の申請があった場合には、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の二十三第一項及び第三項の規定の例により、その認可及び告示をすることができる。この場合において、当該認可及び告示は、施行日以後は、それぞれ同条第一項の認可及び同条第三項の規定による告示とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4</sup>
If an application for approval has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may grant the approval and give public notice of it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that approval and public notice are deemed to be the approval under paragraph (1) of that Article and the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, respectively.
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**第五項**  前項の規定により文化庁長官が告示をした場合における新法第百四条の二十三第四項の規定の適用については、同項中「前項の規定による告示の日の翌日」とあるのは、「著作権法の一部を改正する法律（令和五年法律第三十三号）の施行の日」とする。
<sup>suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5</sup>
In the application of the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraph (4) of the new Act where the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has given public notice pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the phrase "the day following the date of the public notice under the preceding paragraph" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 33 of 2023) comes into effect".
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**第六項**  文化庁長官は、新法第百四条の二十二第一項の政令の制定の立案のために、施行日前においても、同条第三項の規定の例により、文化審議会に諮問することができる。
<sup>suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-6</sup>
The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may consult the Culture Council, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, for the purpose of drafting the Cabinet Order referred to in Article 104-22, paragraph (1) of the new Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1: 新法第百四条の十八 → 著作権法 第百四条の十八 (Article 104-18), art-104-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-18
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1: 新法第百四条の十九第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十九第一項 (Article 104-19, paragraph (1)), art-104-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-19/par-1
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十九第二項 (Article 104-19, paragraph (2)), art-104-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-19/par-2
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-1
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2: 新法第百四条の十八 → 著作権法 第百四条の十八 (Article 104-18), art-104-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-18
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2: 第百四条の十九第三項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十九第三項 (Article 104-19, paragraph (3)), art-104-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-19/par-3
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2: 第四項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十九第四項 (Article 104-19, paragraph (4)), art-104-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-19/par-4
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3: 新法第百四条の二十三第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第一項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (1)), art-104-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-1
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第二項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (2)), art-104-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-2
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4: 新法第百四条の二十三第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第一項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (1)), art-104-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-1
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第三項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (3)), art-104-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-3
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5: 前項 → 著作権法 附則第三条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (4)), suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5: 新法第百四条の二十三第四項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第四項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (4)), art-104-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-4
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十三第三項 (Article 104-23, paragraph (3)), art-104-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-23/par-3
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-6: 新法第百四条の二十二第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十二第一項 (Article 104-22, paragraph (1)), art-104-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-22/par-1
- suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-6: 同条第三項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二十二第三項 (Article 104-22, paragraph (3)), art-104-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-22/par-3

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-1/par-1/item-3
- 著作権法 附則第三条第二項（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-2
- 著作権法 附則第三条第三項（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-3
- 著作権法 附則第三条第四項（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-4
- 著作権法 附則第三条第五項（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-3/par-5
- 著作権法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5051-33/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5051-33/art-6/par-1

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## Sources

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- 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
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- This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
