# 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-5031-27` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27 - 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. --- ## 附　則 令和三年四月二八日法律第二七号 suppl-5031-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-27/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-5031-27/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-1/par-1 This Act is to come into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within one year and six months from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（発信者の意見の聴取に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Relating to Hearing of the Sender's Opinion) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-27/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の日前にしたこの法律による改正前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第四条第二項の規定による意見の聴取は、この法律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（次条において「新法」という。）第六条第一項の規定によりされた意見の聴取とみなす。 suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1 Any hearings of the sender's opinion carried out before the day on which this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) 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 before the amendment by this Act is deemed to be the hearing of the opinion carried out pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) 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 as amended by this Act (referred to as the "New Act" in the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Any hearings of the sender's opinion carried out before the amendment by this Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) 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 before the amendment by this Act is deemed to be the hearing of the opinion carried out pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) 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 as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act")." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb ### 第三条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-27/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-3 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新法の施行の状況について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5031-27/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-3/par-1 Upon the elapse of five years from the date on which this Act comes into effect, the government is to review the status of the enforcement of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results of the review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1: 次条 → 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 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5031-27/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 附則第二条第一項（発信者の意見の聴取に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5031-27/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-10-12 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, 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 - 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 (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), Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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