# 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 / Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 (Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications), 平成十三年法律第百三十七号
- English title "Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications": claude-opus-5-5
- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4251-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

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## 附　則 平成二五年四月二六日法律第一〇号
<sup>suppl-4251-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-10/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一月を経過した日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4251-10/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act is to come into effect as of the date on which one month has elapsed from the date of promulgation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二条（適用区分） — (Applicability)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-10/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の公職選挙法（以下「新法」という。）の規定（新法第百四十二条の四第二項、第四項及び第五項（第二項及び第五項にあっては、通知に係る部分に限る。）、第百五十二条、第二百二十九条並びに第二百七十一条の六の規定を除く。）及び附則第六条の規定による改正後の特定電気通信役務提供者の損害賠償責任の制限及び発信者情報の開示に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百三十七号）の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後初めてその期日を公示される衆議院議員の総選挙の期日の公示の日又は施行日以後初めてその期日を公示される参議院議員の通常選挙の期日の公示の日のうちいずれか早い日（以下「公示日」という。）以後にその期日を公示され又は告示される選挙について適用し、公示日の前日までにその期日を公示され又は告示された選挙については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-10/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-4251-10/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-4251-10/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the Public Offices Election Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (except for Article 142-4, paragraph (2), paragraphs (4) and (5) (but with regard to paragraphs (2) and (5), limited to portions relating to notification), Articles 152, 229 and 271-6 of the New Act) and the provisions of the Act on the Limitation of Liability of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers for Damages and the Right to Demand Disclosure of Sender Identification Information (Act No. 137 of 2001) as amended by the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act become applicable to any elections the date of which is publicly announced on or after the earlier of the date of public notice of the date for a general election of members of the House of Representatives first publicly announced after the date of the implementation of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "implementation date") or the date of public notice of the date for regular election of members of the House of Councilors first publicly announced after the implementation date (such earlier date is hereinafter referred to as the "date of public notice"), and with regard to any elections the date of which is publicly announced on or before the date immediately preceding the date of public notice, the prior provisions remain applicable.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-10-12
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000137/20260717_508AC1000000058), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11