# 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 — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（指針に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5081-58/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4
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### 第四条（指針に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning Guidelines
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5081-58/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  総務大臣は、施行日前においても、新法第二十七条の二の規定の例により、大規模特定電気通信役務提供者が講ずべき措置に関してその適切かつ有効な実施に資するために必要な指針を定め、これを公表することができる。
<sup>suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1</sup>
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, even before the effective date, in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 27-2 of the New Act, establish and publish guidelines necessary to contribute to the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures to be taken by large-scale specified telecommunications service providers.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により定められ、公表された指針は、施行日において、新法第二十七条の二の規定により定められ、公表された指針とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2</sup>
Guidelines established and published pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed, on the effective date, to be guidelines established and published pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-2 of the New Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 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 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite 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 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-1/par-1
- 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 附則第四条第二項（指針に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/suppl-5081-58/art-4/par-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch information-distribution-platform-act-20261011T162317-005, translated 2026-10-12
- 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
