Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1971.

(Transitional Measures with Regard to the Scope of Application)

　Article 2　(1)　Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter re-ferred to as "the new Act") that concern copyright do not apply to a work for which the entirety of the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.

(2)If part of the copyright to a work under the former Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect, the corresponding provisions of the new Act that concern the expired part of the copyright do not apply to that work.

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of the new Act, the provi-sions of the Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Articles 94-2 and 95; Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4); Article 97; and Article 97-3, paragraphs (3) to (5)) apply to a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect (excluding a performance falling under one of the items of Article 7 of the new Act) and to a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect (excluding a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8 of the new Act) for which a copyright under the former Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Translations Made by the National or Local Government or an Equivalent Corporation)

　Article 3　The provisions of Article 13, item (iv) of the new Act do not apply to a work that falls under that item on which print rights under the former Act have been established as of the time this Act comes into effect, but only within the lifetime of those print rights.

(Transitional Measures for the Author of a Work Attributed to a Corpora-tion)

　Article 4　The provisions of Articles 15 and 16 of the new Act do not apply to a work created before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Ownership of Copyrights to Cinematograph-ic Works)

　Article 5　(1)　Prior laws continue to govern the ownership of a copyright to a cinematographic as provided in Article 29 of the new Act which has been created be-fore this Act comes into effect.

　(2)　The provisions of the new Act do not preclude the validity, pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 or 25 of the former Act, of the ownership of a copyright to a photographic work that is included in another work before this Act comes into effect, or the ownership of a copyright to a work of photographic portraiture created on commission before this Act comes into effect from becoming valid pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 or 25 of the former Act.

(Transitional Measures for Automated Duplicators)

　Article 5-2　With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 30, para-graph (1), item (i) and Article 119, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Copyright Act, until otherwise provided for by law, the automated duplicators prescribed in these provi-sions do not include those exclusively used for reproducing documents or pictures.

(Transitional Measures for Artistic Works on Public Display)

　Article 6　The owner of a copyright to an artistic work the original of which is permanently installed in the outdoor location provided for in Article 45, paragraph (2) of the new Act as of the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to have authorized the exhibition of that work through its installation.

(Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection)

　Article 7　If the duration of copyright under the former Act for a work made pub-lic before this Act comes into effect is longer than the period under Chapter II, Section 4 of the new Act, prior laws continue to govern the duration of copyright for that work.

(Transitional Measures for the Duration of the Right of Translation) Article 8 The provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the former Act remain in force for a work published before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Disposal of a Copyright)

　Article 9　Except in a case falling under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, a transfer or other disposal of a copyright as re-ferred to the former Act, which is carried out before this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be the corresponding transfer or other disposal of a copyright as referred to in the new Act.

(Transitional Measures for Joint Works)

　Article 10　(1)　The provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the former Act remain in force for a work created before this Act comes into effect by two or more persons whose contributions to the work can be separated so as to allow each part of the work to be used independently.

　(2)　With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (2) and Article 52, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the work referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be a joint work.

(Transitional Measures for the Exploitation of a Work Based on a Compul-sory License)

　Article 11　(1)　The provisions of Article 69 of the new Act do not apply to a sound recording for producing another commercial phonogram of a musical work whose sound has been recorded onto a commercial phonogram that is sold in Japan before this Act comes into effect.

　(2)　The person that was to be entitled to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-5, paragraph (2) or Article 27, paragraph (1) or (2) of the former Act is entitled to exploit that work pursuant to continued governance by the provisions pre-viously in force.

　(3)　The amount of compensation fixed by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-5, paragraph (2) or Article 27, paragraph (2) of the former Act is deemed to be the amount of compensation fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 68, paragraph (1) or Article 67, paragraph (1) of the new Act, and the provisions of Articles 72 and 73 of the new Act apply.

　(4)　In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a party that is dissatisfied with the relevant amount of compensation learns of the issuance of a compulsory li-cense before this Act comes into effect, the period provided for in Article 72, para-graph (1) of the new Act is calculated as from the date on which this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Registrations)

　Article 12　(1)　Except in a case falling under the provisions of Article 15, para-graph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, a disposition or process connected with the registration of a copyright, registration of the author's true name, or registration of the date of first publication as referred to in Article 15 of the former Act is deemed to be the disposition or process connected with the corresponding registration as re-ferred to in Article 75 to Article 77 of the new Act.

　(2)　The provisions of Article 35, paragraph (5) of the former Act remain in force for a work whose date of authorship is registered as referred to in Article 15, para-graph (3) of the former Act as of the time this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Print Rights)

　Article 13　(1)　Print rights under the former Act that are established before this Act comes into effect and that exist as of the time this Act comes into effect are deemed to be print rights under the new Act.

　(2)　A disposition or process connected with the registration of print rights as re-ferred to in Article 28-10 of the former Act that is done before this Act comes into ef-fect is deemed to be the corresponding disposition or process connected with the registration as referred to in Article 88 of the new Act.

　(3)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 80 through 85 of the new Act, the provisions of Articles 28-3 to 28-8 of the former Act remain in force for the print rights referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article.

　Article 14　[Deleted]

(Transitional Measures for Neighboring Rights)

　Article 15　(1)　A transfer or other disposal of a copyright referred to in the for-mer Act that is carried out before this Act comes into effect, which is connected with a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect or with a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect and to which the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights begin to apply from the date on which this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a transfer or other disposal of the corresponding neighboring rights referred to in the new Act.

　(2)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 101 of the new Act, if the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Act is after the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of Article 101 of the new Act, the duration of neighboring rights linked to a performance or phonogram which is provided for in the preceding paragraph and for which a copyright under the former Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect is until the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Act (or, if this falls after the day that marks the passage of 70 years counting from the day on which this Act comes into effect, the duration of such neighboring rights is until the day that marks the passage of those 70 years).

　(3)　A disposition or other process connected with the registration of a copyright as referred to Article 15, paragraph (1) of the former Act, which is made for a perfor-mance or phonogram provided for in paragraph (1) of this Article before this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be the disposition or other process connected with the corresponding registration of neighboring rights as referred to in Article 104 of the new Act.

　(4)　The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) and Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the performance or phonograms provided for in paragraph (1) of this Article.

(Transitional Measures for the Distribution of Copies)

　Article 16　Copies of a work, performance, or phonogram which have been made before this Act comes into effect and which would be lawful if the provisions of Chap-ter II, Section 3, Subsection 5 of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act) were to be applied, may be used or distributed within the scope of the purposes of reproduction set forth in those provisions. In such a case, the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Act do not apply.

(Transitional Measures for Infringement)

　Article 17　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14 and Chapter VII of the new Act, the provisions of Article 12; Article 28-11; Article 29; Article 33; Article 34; Article 35, paragraphs (1) to (4); Articles 36; and Article 36-2 of the former Act remain applicable to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) or (2) of the former Act or falling under the category of piracy provided for in Chapter III of the former Act (including an act that infringes on print rights) that is performed before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 18 　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 49 of May 18, 1978]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the Convention for the Pro-tection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Pho-nograms comes into force with respect to Japan.

(Transitional Measures)

　(2)　Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights do not apply to a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (vi) of the Copyright Act in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 45 of May 19, 1981]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 78 of December 2, 1983]

　(1)　This Act (except Article 1) comes into effect on July 1, 1984.

　(2)　Cabinet Order may prescribe the necessary transitional measures in relation to institutions and other organizations that have been set in place by law as of the day before the effective date of this Act and that, on and after the effective date of this Act, will come to be in place pursuant to the provisions of the National Government Or-ganization Act or pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Orders that are based on the relevant Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the relevant Cabinet Orders"), and may prescribe other necessary transitional measures to establish, amend, or repeal the relevant Cabinet Orders due to this Act coming into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 23 May 1, of 1984]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect 20 days after the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 46 of May 25, 1984]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1985.

(Repeal of the Interim Measures Act)

　(2)　The Interim Measures Act on the Rights of Authors and Similar Persons in the Renting of Commercial Phonograms to the Public (Act No. 76 of 1983; hereinafter re-ferred to as "the Interim Measure Act") is hereby repealed.

(Transitional Measures Accompanying the Repeal of the Interim Measures Act)

　(3)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26-3, Article 95-3, and Article 97-3 of the post-amendment Copyright Act, a person that obtains authorization to rent out a commercial phonogram to the public pursuant to the provisions of the Interim Meas-ures Act before this Act comes into effect, may make available the work, perfor-mance, or phonogram reproduced in the commercial phonogram to the public by renting out that commercial phonogram, within the scope of the conditions under authorization.

　(4)　The provisions of the Interim Measures Act (including any Cabinet Order based on it) remain in force with respect to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Interim Measures Act which takes place before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 62 of June 14, 1985]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1986; provided, however, that the provisions that add Article 76-2 after Article 76 and the provisions amending Article 78, paragraph (1), as well as the provisions of paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date on which the law provided for in Article 78-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Works Made in the Course of Duty)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 15 of the post-amendment Copyright Act apply to a work created after this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a work created before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Registration of the Date of Creation)

　(3)　The proviso to Article 76-2, paragraph (1) does not apply to the registration of a copyright as referred to in that paragraph, for a work of computer programming created within the six months before the date on which the law provided for in Article 78-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act comes into effect, until the day that marks the passage of three months after the date on which that law comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Use of Copies of a Work of Computer Pro-gramming)

　(4)　The provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to a copy of a work of computer programming created before this Act comes into effect which would be lawful and could be preserved if the provisions of Article 47-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act were to be applied.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　(5)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 64 of May 23, 1986]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1987.

(Transitional Measures for the Ownership of a Copyright to a Work of Cin-ematography for Cablecasting Purposes)

　(2)　Prior laws continue to govern the ownership of a copyright to a cinematograph-ic work as provided for in Article 29, paragraph (3) of the post-amendment Copyright Act which has been created before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Neighboring Rights of Cablecasters and Performers)

　(3)　Provisions of the Copyright Act that concern the neighboring rights of a cable-caster or performer (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, para-graphs (3) and (4)) do not apply to a cablecast that takes place before this Act comes into effect, nor to a performance transmitted in such a cablecast (excluding a perfor-mance that falls under a category provided for in Article 7, items (i) to (iii) of the Copyright Act).

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　(4)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 65 of May 23, 1986]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1987.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 87 of November 1, 1988]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect 20 days after the date of its promulgation.

(Transitional Measures)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 121, item (ii) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to the following acts that take place after this Act comes into effect:

　　(i)　the reproduction, as a commercial phonogram, of copies of a commercial phonogram that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in Japan produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram (referred to as a "commercial phonogram produced from a master from a specified foreign country")in the following item), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master (referred to as the "day marking the end the pre-amend-ment prohibition"in the following item) is before this Act comes into effect; or the distribution of the copies of such a reproduced commercial phonogram as a com-mercial phonogram;

　　(ii)　the distribution of a commercial phonogram in which a commercial phono-gram produced from a master from a specified foreign country has been repro-duced on or before the day marking the end the pre-amendment prohibition, and for which the day marking the end the pre-amendment prohibition is before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 43 of June 28, 1989]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organ-izations comes into force with respect to Japan.

(Transitional Measures for Performances That Japan Is under the Obliga-tion to Protect Pursuant to Treaty)

　(2)　Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Articles 95 and 97) do not apply to the following:

　　(i)　a performance as set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the new Act, which takes place before this Act comes into effect;

　　(ii)　a phonogram as set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the new Act, in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect, and which is other than as provided in the following paragraph;

　　(iii)　a broadcast as set forth in Article 9, item (iii) of the new Act, which takes place before this Act comes into effect.

　(3)　Prior laws continue to govern a phonogram as set forth in Article 8, item (iii)of the new Act in which sounds have been first fixed before this Act comes into effect and which Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms.

(Transitional Measures for Performers Who Are Foreign Nationals without a Habitual Residence in Japan)

　(4)　Provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) do not apply to a performer involved in a performance that takes place before this Act comes into ef-fect, who is a foreign national without a habitual residence in Japan at the time the performance takes place; provided, however, that this does not apply to a performer involved in a performance that takes place before the Copyright Act comes into effect and for which a copyright under the former Copyright Act (Act No. 39 of 1899) exists at the time the Copyright Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 63 of May 2, 1991]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1992.

(Transitional Measures)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 95-3 of the Copyright Act do not apply to a perfor-mance as set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the Copyright Act, which takes place before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 1989; referred to as "the Amending Act of 1989" in item (ii) of the following paragraph) comes into effect.

　(3)　The provisions of Article 97-3 of the Copyright Act do not apply to the follow-ing phonograms:

　　(i)　a phonogram (excluding one set forth in Article 8, item (i) or (ii) of the Copy-right Act) that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (referred to as "the Convention for the Protection of Phono-grams"in the following item and paragraph (5), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions), and in which sounds are first fixed before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 49 of 1978) comes into effect;

　　(ii)　a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the Copyright Act (excluding one that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms) in which sounds are first fixed before the Amending Act of 1989 comes into effect.

　(4)　Prior laws continue to govern the first day of calculation in the period for a post-term commercial phonogram provided for in Article 95-3, paragraph (2), in con-nection with the right of the performer or producer of a phonogram to make available a commercial phonogram first sold on a day before this Act comes into effect to the public by renting it out (limited to a commercial phonogram in which the sound of a performance set forth in Article 7, items (i) to (iv) has been recorded or one in which a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (i) or (ii) has been reproduced).

　(5)　The post-amendment provisions of Article 121-2 do not apply to the following acts that take place after this Act comes into effect:

　　(i)　the reproduction, as a commercial phonogram, of a commercial phonogram (or of a copy of a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening reproductions removed from the commercial phonogram)) that a per-son in the business of producing commercial phonograms in Japan produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram (referred to as a "commercial phonogram produced from a master from a specified foreign country" in the following item), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master (referred to as the "day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibi-tion" in the following item) is before the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 87 of 1988; referred to as "the Amending Act of 1988" in the following item and item (iii)) comes into effect; the distribution of the copies of such a reproduced commercial phonogram as a commercial phonogram; or the possession of such copies for the purpose of distribution as a commercial phonogram;

　　(ii)　the distribution, or the possession for the purpose of distribution, of a com-mercial phonogram in which a commercial phonogram produced from a master from a specified foreign country has been reproduced on or before the day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibition, and for which the day marking the end of the twenty-year prohibition is before the Amending Act of 1988 comes into effect;

　　(iii)　the reproduction, as a commercial phonogram, of a commercial phono-gram (or of a copy of a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening reproductions removed from the commercial phonogram)) that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in a place outside the jurisdiction of the Copyright Act produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram that is the national of a Contracting State of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phono-grams and Broadcasting Organizations or of the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms (the nationals of a Contracting State include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that State and corporations that have principal offices in that State), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master is before the Amending Act of 1988 comes into effect; the distribution of the copies of such a reproduced commercial phonogram as a commercial phonogram; or the possession of such copies for the purpose of distribution as a commercial phono-gram.

　(6)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 106 of December 16, 1992]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within six months from the date of its promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending the Table of Contents; the provisions renumbering Chapter VII as Chapter VIII, Chapter VI as Chapter VII, and Chapter V as Chapter VI, and adding a new chap-ter after Chapter IV (except the parts that pertain to Article 104-4, Article 104-5, and Article 104-8, paragraphs (1) and (3)); and the provisions amending Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date of promulgation of this Act.

(Transitional Measures)

　(2)　The provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply to private sound recording referred to in Article 104-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act nor to private visual recording referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph, which is done by means of a specified machine referred to in Article 104-4, paragraph (1) of the new Act which is purchased (limited to the initial purchase after the machine is retailed) before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), on a specified recording medi-um referred to in that paragraph that is purchased before the effective date.

　(3)　If the private sound recording referred to in Article 104-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act or the private visual recording referred to in item (ii) of that para-graph is done by means of a specified machine referred to in Article 104-4, paragraph (1) of the new Act which is purchased before the effective date, on a specified record-ing medium referred to in that paragraph which is purchased after the effective date, compensation for private sound and visual recording is deemed to have been paid for the specified machine pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-4, paragraph (1) of the new Act. If the private sound recording referred to in Article 104-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act or the private visual recording referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph is done by means of a specified machine referred to in Article 104-4, para-graph (1) of the new Act which is purchased after the effective date, on a specified recording medium referred to in that paragraph which is purchased before the effec-tive date, the same applies with regard to the specified recording medium.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 89 of November 12, 1993]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Administrative Procedure Act comes into effect (Act No. 88 of 1993).

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 15　Beyond what is prescribed between Article 2 to the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 112 of December 14, 1994]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year of the day following that on which the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization comes into force with respect to Japan.

(Application of Provisions That Concern Neighboring Rights)

　(2)　In the application of the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neigh-boring rights (including the provisions of Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) to a performance set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 7, item (iv) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") (other than a performance that also falls under a category set forth in item (i) to item (iii) of that Article), and in the application of such provisions to a performance set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the new Act, the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 64 of 1986); paragraph (2) of the Sup-plementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 1989; hereinafter referred to as "the Amending Act of 1989"); and paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 63 of 1991; referred to as "the Amending Act of 1991"in paragraph (4) of these Sup-plementary Provisions) do not apply:

　　(i)　a performance that takes place in a World Trade Organization Member State;

　　(ii)　a performance fixed in one of the following phonograms:

　　　(a)　a phonogram whose producer is the national of a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State (the nationals of a Member State include corporations estab-lished based on the laws and regulations of that State and corporations that have principal offices in that State; the same applies hereinafter);

　　　(b)　a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State;

　　(iii)　a performance transmitted in one of the following broadcasts (excluding a performance whose sound or visuals are recorded before the transmission with the authorization of the performer):

　　　(a)　the broadcast of a broadcaster that is the national of a World Trade Or-ganization Member State;

　　　(b)　a broadcast made from a broadcasting facility in a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State.

　(3)　In the application of the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neigh-boring rights (including the provisions of Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) to a performer involved in a performance set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph, who is a foreign national without a habitual residence in Japan at the time the performance takes place, the provisions of paragraph (4) of the Supple-mentary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1989 do not apply.

　(4)　In the application of the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neigh-boring rights (including the provisions of Article 97-3, paragraphs (3) to (5)) to the following phonograms, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1989, and paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1991 do not apply:

　(i)　a phonogram that is set forth in Article 8, item (iii) of the new Act, and that is also set forth in one of the following:

　　　(a)　a phonogram whose producer is the national of a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State;

　　　(b)　a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State;

　(ii)　a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (v) of the Copyright Act that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (referred to as "the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms" in paragraph (6) of these Supplementary Provisions).

　(5)　In the application of the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neigh-boring rights, to a broadcast set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 9, item (iii) of the new Act, the provisions of paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1989 do not apply:

　　(i)　the broadcast of a broadcaster that is the national of a World Trade Organi-zation Member State;

　　(ii)　a broadcast made from a broadcasting facility in a World Trade Organiza-tion Member State.

(Transitional Measures for the Reproduction of a Commercial Phonogram Produced from a Master from a Specified Foreign Country; Related Matters)

　(6)　The provisions of the Article 121-2 of the new Act do not apply to the repro-duction, as a commercial phonogram, of a commercial phonogram (or of a copy of a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening repro-ductions removed from the commercial phonogram)) that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in a place outside the jurisdiction of the Copy-right Act produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8 of the new Act) that is made available by the pro-ducer of that phonogram that is the national of a World Trade Organization Member State (other than one that is also the national of a Contracting State of the Internation-al Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broad-casting Organizations or of the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms (the nationals of these Contracting States include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of these States and corporations that have principal offices in these States)), for which the day that marks the passage of 20 years counting from the year following the year in which the sounds are first fixed into the master is before the enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 87 of 1988), if that reproduction takes place after this Act comes into effect; nor do the provisions of the Article 121-2 of the new Act apply to the distribution of the copies of such a repro-duced commercial phonogram as a commercial phonogram, or the possession of such copies for the purpose of distribution as a commercial phonogram, if the distribution or possession takes place after this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 91 of May 12, 1995]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect 20 days after the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 117 of December 26, 1996] [Extract]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within three months after the date of its promulgation.

(Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection for Photographic Works)

　(2)　Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of pro-tection for a work (referred to as "the new Act" in the following paragraph) apply to a photographic work for which a copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a pho-tographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.

　(3)　Notwithstanding the new Act, if the day on which the duration expires under the provisions of the pre-amendment Copyright Act that concern the term of protec-tion (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") for a photographic work created before this Act comes into effect is after the day on which the duration expires under the new Act, the duration of copyright for such a photographic work is until the day on which the duration expires under the former Act.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 86 of June 18, 1997]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1998.

(Transitional Measures for Works Put into a Form That Allows Them to Be Transmitted via Automatic Public Transmission)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1); Article 92-2, paragraph (1); and Article 96-2 of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply if the person that has made available for transmission via automat-ic public transmission, a work, performance (limited to one set forth in Article 92, paragraph (2) item (ii) of the pre-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act")) or phonogram that has been put into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission as of the time this Act comes into effect (if the person that makes a work, performance, or phonogram available for transmis-sion and the person that, as of the time this Act comes into effect, has used the auto-matic public transmission server, as referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)-5 of the new Act in connection with the relevant work, performance, or phonogram available for transmission, to put the relevant work, performance, or phonogram into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission are different persons, this means the person that has put the work, performance, or phonogram into a form that allows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission), uses the relevant automatic public transmission server to make the work, performance, or phonogram available for transmission.

　(3)　The provisions of Article 92, paragraph (1) of the former Act remain in force even after this Act comes into effect, with respect to a performance (other than one set forth in Article 92, paragraph (2), item (ii)) that has been put into a form that al-lows it to be transmitted via automatic public transmission as of the time this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　(4)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 101 of June 12, 1998]

(Effective Date)

Article 1　This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1999.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 43 of May 14, 1999]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999; hereinafter re-ferred to as "the Act on Access to Information").

(Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Copy-right Act)

　Article 2　The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 11 do not apply to a work not yet made pub-lic (which includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before this Act comes into effect, to an administrative organ or local public entity provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 77 of June 23, 1999]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions that add two items after Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xix); the provisions amending Article 30, paragraph (1); the provisions amending Article 113; the provi-sions amending Article 119; the provisions that add an Article after Article 120; the provisions amending Article 123, paragraph (1); the provisions amending Article 5-2 of the Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 49 of 1970]; and the provisions of paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 77 of 1999] come into effect on October 1, 1999.

(Transitional Measures)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1); Article 95-2, paragraph (1); and Article 97-2, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply in a case that involves the transfer of the original or a copy of a work, a sound or visual recording of a performance, or a copy of a phonogram, any of which exists as of the time this Act comes into effect (but only one made without prejudice to the rights of the person who owns the right set forth in Article 21, Article 91, paragraph (1) or Ar-ticle 96 of the Copyright Act; excluding copies made by the owner of print rights).

　(3)　The provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copy-right Act do not apply to the distribution, by a person that holds a print right estab-lished before this Act comes into effect and in existence at the time this Act comes into effect, of copies of the work that is subject to that print right, during the duration of the print right.

　(4)　Prior laws continue to govern the distribution, after the expiration of a print right (limited to one established before this Act comes into effect) by a person that formerly held that print right, of copies of a work made during the duration of that print right.

　(3)　The provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copy-right Act do not apply to the distribution, by a person that holds a print right estab-lished before this Act comes into effect and in existence at the time this Act comes into effect, of copies of the work that is subject to that print right, during the duration of the print right.

　(4)　Prior laws continue to govern the distribution, after the expiration of a print right (limited to one established before this Act comes into effect) by a person that formerly held that print right, of copies of a work made during the duration of that print right.

　(7)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect and to an action that a person undertakes after this Act comes into effect but that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 160 of December 22, 1999]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act (except Articles 2 and 3) comes into effect on January 6, 2001; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item:

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 220 of December 22, 1999]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act (except Article 1) comes into effect on January 6, 2001

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 4　Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding two Articles, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 56 of May 8, 2000]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2001; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending Article 58 of the Copyright Act and the provisions of Article 2 come into effect as o the day on which the WIPO Copyright Treaty comes into force with respect to Japan.

(Transitional Measures for the Approval of an Amount of Damage)

　(2)　The provisions of Article 114-4 of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 1 do not apply to a case for which oral arguments before the high court or district court that constitutes the court of second instance have finished be-fore this Act comes into effect, nor do such provisions apply to a case for which a party, before this Act comes into effect, reserves the right to a final appeal but agrees not to appeal to the court of second instance against a summary court decision or a decision that the district court has reached as the court of first instance.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　(3)　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 72 of June 19, 2002]

(Effective Date)

　(1)　The provisions of this Act come into effect as of the day specified in each of the following items, in accordance with the categories set forth in those items:

　　(i)　the provisions amending Article 7; the provisions amending Article 8; the provisions amending Article 95; the provisions amending Article 95-3; the provi-sions amending Article 97; and the provisions amending Article 97-3, as well as the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (4), (6), (7), and (9) of the Supplementary Provi-sions: the day on which the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (herein-after referred to as "the WPPT" comes into force with respect to Japan;

　　(ii)　the provisions amending the Table of Contents (limited to the parts renum-bering Article 100-4 as Article 100-5); the provisions amending Article 89, paragraph (4); the provisions that add an Article after Article 99; the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 5 renumbering Article 100-4 as Article 100-5 and adding an Article after Ar-ticle 100-3; and the provisions amending Article 103: January 1, 2003;

　　(iii)　provisions other than those referred to in the preceding two para-graphs: the day on which the WPPT comes into force with respect to Japan or January 1, 2003, whichever is earlier.

(Application of Provisions That Concern Neighboring Rights)

　(2)　In the application of the provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (re-ferred to hereinafter as "the new Act") that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)) to a performance set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 7, item (iv) of the new Act (ex-cluding a performance that also falls under a category set forth in Article 7, items (i) to (iii)), and in the application of such provisions to a performance set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 7, item (v) of the new Act, the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 64 of 1986); paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 1989; hereinafter referred to as "the Amending Act of 1989"); and paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 63 of 1991; hereinafter re-ferred to as "the Amending Act of 1991") do not apply:

　　(i)　a performance that takes place in a Contracting Party to the WPPT;

　　(ii)　a performance fixed in one of the following phonograms:

　　　(a)　a phonogram whose producer is the national of a Contracting Party to the WPPT (the nationals of a Contracting Party include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that Party and corporations that have prin-cipal offices in that Party; the same applies hereinafter);

　　　(b)　a phonogram in which sounds were first fixed in a Contracting Party to the WPPT.

　(3)　In the application of the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Article 95 and Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4)), to a performer involved in a performance set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph, who is a foreign national without a habitual residence in Japan at the time the performance takes place, the provisions of paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1989 do not apply.

　(4)　In the application of the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Article 97 and Article 97-3, paragraphs (3) to (5)), to the following phonograms, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Supple-mentary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1989 and paragraph (3) of the Supplemen-tary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1991 do not apply:

　　(i)　a phonogram set forth in the following that is also set forth in Article 8, item (ii) of the new Act:

　　　(a)　a phonogram whose producer is the national of a Contracting Party to the WPPT;

　　　(b)　a phonogram in which sounds were first fixed in a Contracting Party to the WPPT;

　　(ii)　a phonogram set forth in Article 8, item (iv) of the new Act that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms.

(Transitional Measures for the Moral Rights of Performers)

　(5)　The provisions of Article 90-2, paragraph (1) and Article 90-3, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a performance fixed in a sound or visual recording that is made with the authorization of the performer before this Act comes into effect; pro-vided, however, that this does not apply if the indication of the name of the performer involved in that performance which is indicated for that performance is deleted or altered after this Act comes into effect, if the name of the performer is newly indicat-ed for the performance after this Act comes into effect, or if the performance is al-tered after this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Secondary Use of Commercial Phonograms)

　(6)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 95, paragraph (2) of the new Act, the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) of the new Act is governed by the pro-visions of paragraph (4) of that Article, for a performer involved in a performance that is fixed in a phonogram whose producer is the national of a country that is a Contract-ing State of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (referred to as "the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc." in this and the following paragraph) as well as being a Contracting Party to the WPPT, and which is fixed in that phonogram before the day on which the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc. comes into force with respect to Japan.

　(7)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 95, paragraph (2) of the new Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 97, paragraph (2) of the new Act, the application of the provisions of Article 97, paragraph (2) of the new Act is governed by the provisions of Article 95, paragraph (4) of the new Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 97, paragraph (2) of the new Act, for the producer of a phonogram that is the national of a country that is a Con-tracting State of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc. as well as being a Contracting Party to the WPPT, and in whose phonogram sounds are first fixed be-fore the day on which the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc. comes into force with respect to Japan.

(Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection for Phonograms)

　(8)　The provisions of Article 101, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the new Act apply to a phonogram for which neighboring rights under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exist at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a pho-nogram for which the neighboring rights under the pre-amendment Copyright Act have expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 61 of May 30, 2003]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Administrative Organs.

(Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order)

　Article 4　Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding two Articles, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 85 of June 18, 2003]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2004.

(Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection for Cinematographic Works)

　Article 2　The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the post-amendment Copyright Act (referred to as "the new Act" in the following Article) apply to a cine-matographic work for which a copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern a cin-ematographic work for which the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.

Article 3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, if the day on which the duration of copyright expires under the former Copyright Act (Act No. 39 of 1899) is after the day on which the duration expires under the pro-visions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the duration of copyright for a cinematographic work that is created before the Copyright Act comes into effect and which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is until the day on which the duration of copy-right expires under the former Copyright Act.

(Transitional Measure for Penal Provisions)

　Article 4　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 119 of July 16, 2003]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Local Inde-pendent Administrative Agencies Act (Act No. 118 of 2003).

(Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order)

　Article 6　Beyond what is prescribed in these Supplementary Provisions, transi-tional measures that are necessary in connection with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 84 of June 9, 2004]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year from the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 92 of June 9, 2004] [Extract]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2005.

Article 2 The provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to a commercial phonogram for foreign distribution pro-vided for in that paragraph which is imported before this Act comes into effect and which a person possesses for the purpose of distribution at the time this Act comes into effect.

Article 3 In the application of the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act to a commercial phonogram for domestic distribution provided for in that paragraph which has been published as of the time this Act comes into effect, in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "day on which that phonogram is first published in Japan" is deemed to be replaced with "effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 92 of 2004), if that commercial phono-gram for domestic distribution has been published as of the day on which it comes into effect", and the phrase "that has passed beyond" is deemed to be replaced with "after it has passed beyond".

(Transitional Measures for the Renting Out of Books)

　Article 4　The provisions of Article 4-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the pre-amendment Copyright Act remain in force even after this Act comes into effect, with respect to the renting out of books or magazines (excluding those consisting mainly of sheet music) that a person possesses for the purpose of renting them out to the public as of the first day of the month two months after the month that includes the day of promulgation of this Act.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 120 of June 18, 2004]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2005.

(Principles of Transitional Measures)

　Article 2　Unless otherwise stipulated in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions (except penal provisions) of the Courts Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings, the Patent Act, the Utility Model Act, the Design Act, the Trademarks Act, the Prevention of Unfair Competition Act, and the Copyright Act, as amended under this Act, also apply to things that take place before this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude validity arising pursuant to the provisions of these Acts prior to their amendment

(Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Pat-ent Act)

　Article 3　The following provisions do not apply to a case for which litigation is completed before this Act comes into effect; nor to a case for which oral arguments before the high court or district court that constitutes the court of second instance are finished before this Act comes into effect; nor to a case for which a party, before this Act comes into effect, reserves the right to a final appeal but agrees not to appeal to the court of second instance against a summary court decision or a decision that the district court has reached as the court of first instance:

　　(i)to (iv) [omitted]

　　(v)the provisions of Articles 114-6 to 114-8 of the Copyright Act, following the amendment under the provisions of Article 9.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 147 of December 1, 2004]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within six months from the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 75 of June 29, 2005]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year from the date of its promulgation.

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 5　Beyond what is prescribed in Article 2 of these Supplementary Provi-sions, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 121 of December 22, 2006]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on July 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect 20 days after the date of promulgation of this Act.

(Transitional Measures for Ownership of a Copyright to a Cinematographic Work Created for Broadcasting Purposes)

　Article 2　Prior laws continue to govern the ownership of a copyright to a cine-matographic work as provided for in Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Copyright Act as amended under this Act (referred to as "the new Act" in the following Article) which has been created before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for the Cablecasting of a Broadcast Performance)

　Article 3　The provisions of Article 94-2 of the new Act do not apply to a perfor-mance to which, based on the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Pro-visions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 64 of 1986) or para-graph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 1989; hereinafter in this Article referred to as "the Amending Act of 1989"), the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights do not apply, nor do the provisions of Article 94-2 of the new Act apply to the performance of a performer to whom, based on the provisions of paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amendment Act of 1989, the provisions of the new Act that concern neighboring rights do not apply.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 4　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act (or the provisions stipulated in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 81 of June 18, 2008]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within three months from the date of its promulgation, and applies from the authorized text-books, etc. and specified textbooks, etc. used in 2009.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 5　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before the provisions referred to in the preceding Article come into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 53 of June 19, 2009]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2010; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 70, paragraph (2); Article 78; Article 88, paragraph (2); and Article 104; as well as the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provi-sions, come into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within two years from the date of the promulgation of this Act.

(Transitional Measures for the Use of Sound Recordings for Persons with Visual Impairments)

　Article 2　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) and Article 47-9 of the Copyright Act as amended under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") (including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act), prior laws continue to govern the use of a sound recording that has been made before this Act comes into effect based on the application of the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Copyright Act prior to its amendment under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the former Act)(excluding a sound recording connected to a work, performance, phonogram, broad-cast, or cablecast that it is permissible to reproduce or transmit via automatic public transmission (including one that it is permissible to make available for transmission) pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) of the new Act).

(Transitional Measures for the Exploitation of a Work Based on a Compul-sory License)

　Article 3　The provisions of Articles 67 and 67-2 of the new Act (including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the new Act) apply to a person that files an application for the compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the new Act) on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect; and prior laws continue to govern with respect to a person that files an application for the compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the former Act before the day on which this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for an Offer to Distribute Copies of a Commercial Phonogram)

　Article 4　The provisions of Article 121-2 of the new Act do not apply to the act of offering to distribute a commercial phonogram after this Act comes into effect if, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 63 of 1991) or paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act and the Act on Special Provisions of the Copyright Act, in Consequence of the Enforcement of the Universal Copyright Convention (Act No. 112 of 1994), the provisions of that Arti-cle are not to apply to its distribution or possession for the purpose of distribution.

(Transitory Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 5　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 73 of July 10, 2009]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2010.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 65 of December 3, 2010]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within nine months from the date of its promulgation (hereinafter referred to as "the effec-tive date").

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 32 of June 22, 2012]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on July 1, 2013.

(Provisions on Coordination)

　Article 5　If this Act comes into effect before the effective date of the provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 43 of 2012) that rename Ar-ticle 42-3 as Article 42-4 and add a new Article after Article 42-2, the words "Article 42-2" in the provisions of the preceding Article that amend the heading for Article 42-4 of the Copyright Act are deemed to be replaced with "Article 42-3".

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 43 of June 27, 2012]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2013; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item:

　　(i)　the provisions of Article 7; Article 8; and Article 10 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;

　　(ii)　the provisions which amend Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xx) and Article 18, paragraphs (3) and (4); the provisions adding an item to Article 19, paragraph (4); the provisions amending Article 30, paragraph (1), item (ii); the provisions re-naming Article 42-3 to Article 42-4 and adding a new Article after Article 42-2; the provisions amending Article 47-9 (limited to the part replacing "or Article 46");with ",Article 42-3, paragraph (2) or Article 46"); the provisions amending the proviso to Article 47-9 (limited to the part adding ",Article 42-3, paragraph (2)"under"to Arti-cle 42-2"); the provisions amending Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i) (limited to the part renaming "Article 42-2"as"Article 42-3"and "Article 42-3, paragraph (2)"as "Article 42-4, paragraph (2)";) the provisions amending Article 86, paragraphs (1) and (2) (limited to the part adding", Article 42-3, paragraph (2)"under "to Article 42-2"); the provisions adding an item to Article 90-2, paragraph (4); the provisions amending Article 102, paragraph (1) (limited to the part renaming "Article 42-3"as "Article 42-4"); the provisions amending Article 102, paragraph (9), item (i) (limited to the part renaming "Article 42-2" as "Article 42-3" and "Article 42-3, paragraph (2)" as "Article 42-4, paragraph (2)"); the provisions amending Article 119, paragraph (1); the provisions adding a paragraph to Article 119; the provisions amending Arti-cle 120-2, item (i); and the provisions of the following Article, Article 4 to 6 and Ar-ticle 9 of these Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 2012.

(Transitional Measures)

　Article 2　(1)　The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (i) to (iii) of the Copyright Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect, to an administrative organ (meaning an Administrative Organ as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999)), an incorporated administrative agency, etc. (meaning an Incorporated Administrative Agency, etc. as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Incorporated Administrative Agencies, etc. (Act No. 140 of 2001)), or a local govern-ment agency or local incorporated administrative agency (meaning a Local Incorpo-rated Administrative Agency as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Local Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 118 of 2003); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and that is transferred to the National Archives of Ja-pan, etc. (meaning the National Archives of Japan, etc. provided for in Article 2, para-graph (3) of the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Act No. 66 of 2009; hereinafter referred to as the "Public Records Management Act" in this paragraph); the same applies in the following paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Public Records Management Act or is transferred to the local archives, etc. (meaning facilities provided for by public re-cords management ordinance (meaning local government agency ordinance prescrib-ing the appropriate preservation and use of historical public records and archives (meaning historical public records and archives provided for in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Public Records Management Act; the same applies in this paragraph) held by that local government agency or by local incorporated administrative agencies; the same applies in this paragraph) as facilities for the appropriate preservation and use of historical public records and archives; the same applies in the following paragraph) pursuant to public records management ordinance.

　(2)　The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3), items (iv) and (v) of the new Act do not apply to a work not yet made public (this includes a work made public without the consent of the author) that the author makes available, before the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect, to the National Archives of Japan or the local archives, etc.

Article 3 A work that has been recorded on a recording medium as of the effec-tive date of this Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (2) of the Copyright Act prior to its amendment by this Act and that is associated with a rare or out-of-print material (meaning a "rare or out-of-print material"as prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1), item (3) of the new Act) may be transmitted via automatic public transmission (this includes making a work available for transmission) using a copy of that work, pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (3) of the new Act.

(Transitional Measures Concerning the Applicability of Penal Provisions)

　Article 4　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect (as for the provi-sions of Article 1, item (ii) of these Supplementary Provisions, such provisions come into effect).

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 5　Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three Articles, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

(Raising the Awareness of the People)

　Article 7　(1)　The national government and local government agencies must raise awareness regarding the prevention of the act of infringing a copyright or neigh-boring rights by digitally recording, for private use as provided in Article 30, para-graph (1) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act), the sound or visuals of a fee-based work, etc. (meaning a fee-based work, etc. as prescribed in Article 119, paragraph (3) of the new Act; the same applies hereinafter) received in an automatic public transmission which infringe copyrights or neighboring rights that infringes the copyright or neighboring rights to that work (including an automatic public transmission that is transmitted abroad and that would constitute copyright or neighboring rights infringement if it were transmitted in Japan), knowing that the automatic public transmission consti-tutes an infringement (hereinafter referred to as a "specified act of infringement"), and take other necessary measures, so that the people are able to gain a deeper under-standing of the importance of preventing specified acts of infringement.

　(2)　The national government and local government agencies must enhance educa-tion regarding the prevention of specified acts of infringement in schools and in a va-riety of other settings, so that minors are able to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of preventing specified acts of infringement at every opportunity.

　(3)　To apply the provisions of paragraph (1) up until the day before the effective date of the provisions prescribed in Article 1, item (ii) of these Supplementary Provi-sions, the phrase "Article 30, paragraph (1) of the new Act (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the new Act)"in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 30, paragraph (1) of the Copy-right Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the Copyright Act)"and the phrase "a fee-based work, etc. as prescribed in Ar-ticle 119, paragraph (3) of the new Act"is deemed to be replaced with "the sound or images in a sound or visual recording of a work, performance, phonogram, broadcast, or cablecast (limited to one that is the subject of a copyright or neighboring rights) that is being made available or presented to the public for value (limited to one being made available or presented to the public without infringing any copyrights or neigh-boring rights)".

(Measures to Be Taken by Relevant Enterprises)

　Article 8　An enterprise that makes available or presents a fee-based work, etc. to the public must endeavor to take measures to prevent specified acts of infringement.

(Considerations to Operations)

　Article 9　In applying the provisions of Article 119, paragraph (3) of the new Act, due consideration must be given so as not to unreasonably restrict the collection of information using the internet and other acts undertaken using the internet.

(Reviews)

　Article 10　Approximately one year after the provisions of Article 119, paragraph (3) of the new Act and Article 8 of these Supplementary Provisions come into effect, a review is to be conducted in consideration of the status of their enforcement and necessary measures are to be taken based on the results of this review.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 84 of November 27, 2013]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year from the date of its promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in Article 64, Article 66 and Article 102 of these Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

(Effect of Dispositions)

　Article 100　Except as otherwise provided by these Supplementary Provisions, a disposition, procedure, or other action undertaken before this Act comes into force based on the pre-amendment provisions of any of the relevant Acts (including orders based on those Acts; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), and with regard to which there are equivalent provisions in the post-amendment Acts, is deemed to have been undertaken based on the equivalent provisions of the post-amendment Acts.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 101　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect, and to an action that a person undertakes after this Act comes into effect but that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 102　Beyond what is prescribed in these Supplementary Provisions, nec-essary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 35 of May 14, 2014]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2015; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 7 and the provisions of the following Article come into effect on the date on which the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (re-ferred to as the "Audiovisual Performances Treaty"in those Articles) takes effect in Japan.

(Transitional Measures for Print Rights)

　Article 3　Prior laws continue to govern print rights as under the Copyright Act prior to its amendment under this Act that have been established before this Act comes into effect and that exist as of the time this Act comes into effect.

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 4　Beyond what is prescribed in the provisions of the preceding two Arti-cles, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 69 of June 13, 2014]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) comes into effect.

(Principles Concerning Transitional Measures)

　Article 5　Unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, pri-or laws continue to govern an administrative appeal against a disposition or any other action or inaction by an administrative agency regarding a disposition or other action of an administrative agency that has been undertaken before this Act comes into ef-fect, as well as against the inaction of an administrative agency in connection with an application filed before this Act comes into effect.

(Transitional Measures for Litigation)

　Article 6　(1)　Prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action in a matter regarding which, pursuant to the provisions of an Act prior to its amendment under this Act, an action may not be filed until after an administrative agency's determina-tion, decision, or other action on an administrative appeal, if the period during which the relevant appeal must be filed has passed, without the appeal having been filed, before this Act comes into effect (if such an appeal may not be filed until after an ad-ministrative agency's determination, decision, or other action on another appeal, this includes a case in which the period during which the other appeal must be filed has passed, without that other appeal having been filed, before this Act comes into effect).

　(2)　Prior laws continue to govern an action for revocation that concerns a dispo-sition or other action subject to an objection filed pursuant to the provisions of an Act prior to its amendment under the provisions of this Act (including when prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) even if, pursuant to the provisions of an Act amended by the provisions of this Act, it is not permissible to file an action for revocation until a determination has been made in response to a request for administrative review.

　(3)　Prior laws continue to govern an action filed before this Act comes into effect seeking the revocation of an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other action on an administrative appeal.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 9　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect, and to an action that a person undertakes after this Act comes into effect but that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 or the preceding two Articles of these Supplementary Provisions.

(Other Transitional Measures Delegated to Cabinet Order)

　Article 10　Beyond what is prescribed in Article 5 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures (including tran-sitional measures for offences) connected with the coming into effect of thisAct are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 46 of June 24, 2015]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2016.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 51 of May 27, 2016]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date fixed by Cabinet Order within one year and six months from the date of its promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 108 of December 16, 2016]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date that the Trans-Pacific Partner-ship Agreement takes effect in Japan (referred to as the "Effective Date" in item (iii)); provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item:

　　(i)　the provisions of Article 9 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 9　(1)　Beyond what is prescribed in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provi-sions) connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Act to Adjust Related Acts to Coordinate with the Coming into Effect of the Act Partially

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 45 of June 2, 2017]

This Act comes into effect on the date the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in Article 103-2; Article 103-3; Article 267-2; Article 267-3; and Article 362 come into effect on the date of promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions

[Act No. 30 of May 25, 2018]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item:

　　(i)　the provisions amending Article 113, paragraph (4) and the provisions of Article 4 and Articles 7 through 10 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;

　　(ii)　the provisions amending the Contents; the provisions amending Article 35;

the provisions amending Article 48, paragraph (1), item (iii) (limited to the part re-placing the term "Article 35" with "Article 35, paragraph (1)"); the provisions amending the first sentence of Article 86, paragraph (3) (limited to the part replac-ing the term "Article 35, paragraph (2)" with "Article 35, paragraph (1)"); the provi-sions amending the second sentence of Article 86, paragraph (3) (limited to the part replacing the term "Article 35, paragraph (2)" with "the proviso to Article 35, para-graph (1)"); and the provisions amending Chapter V: the date fixed by Cabinet Order within three years from the date of promulgation.

(Transitional Measures for the Use of Copies)

　Article 2　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 49 of the Copyright Act as amended under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act"), prior laws con-tinue to govern the use of copies of works created based on the application of the provisions of Article 30-4 or Articles 47-4 to 47-9 of the Copyright Act prior to its amendment under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act"), copies of derivative works created in accordance with the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (1); Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i) or the second sentence of paragraph (3); Article33-2, paragraph (1); Article 35, paragraph (1); Article 37, paragraph (3); the main clause of Article 37-2; Article 41; or Article 42 of the former Act based on the applica-tion of the provisions of Article 43 of the former Act, and copies of derivative works created in accordance with the provisions of Article 30-3 or Article 47-3, paragraph (1) of the former Act created before the date this Act comes into effect (hereinafter re-ferred to as the "effective date"). In such a case, the term "presented to the public" in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i) of the former Act and "presented to the public" in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) of the former Act are deemed to be replaced with "conducted a presentation to the public (includ-ing making it available for transmission; the same applies hereinafter in this Article)" and "conducted a presentation to the public", respectively.

　(2)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (9) of the new Act,prior laws continue to govern the use of copies of sounds or images connected with performances, phonograms, broadcasts or cablecasts created before the effective date based on the application of the provisions of Article 30-4 or Articles 47-4 to 47-9 of the former Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1) of the former Act. In such a case, the term "presented to the public"in Article 102, para-graph (9), item (i) of the former Act and "presented to the public"in Article 102, par-agraph (9), item (viii) of the former Act are deemed to be replaced with "conducted a presentation to the public (including making it available for transmission; the same applies in item (viii))"and "conducted a presentation to the public", respectively.

(Transitional Measures for the Exploitation of a Work Based on a Compul-sory License)

　Article 3　The provisions of Articles 67 and 67-2 of the new Act (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the Copyright Act) apply to a person that files an application for a compulsory license as referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the Copyright Act) on or after the effective date; and prior laws continue to govern with respect to a person that files an application for a compulsory license as referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) of the former Act (in-cluding as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103 of the Copyright Act) before the effective date.

(Preparatory Actions)

　Article 4　A designation under the provisions of Article 104-11, paragraph (1) of the new Act, approval under the provisions of Article 104-13, paragraph (1) of the new Act, consultation under the provisions of Article 104-13, paragraph (5) of the new Act, notification under the provisions of Article 104-14, paragraph (1) of the new Act, con-sultation under the provisions of Article 104-15, paragraph (2) of the new Act, or the necessary procedure or other action in connection with the same may be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V, Section 2 of the new Act prior to the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of these Supplementary Provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as "item (ii) effective date").

(Replacements until the Day Preceding the Item (ii) Effective Date) Article 5 To apply the provisions of Article 47-6, paragraph (1), item (i) and Arti-cle 47-7 of the new Act during the period between the effective date and the day preceding the item (ii) effective date, the phrase "Article 35, paragraph (1)"in Article 47-6, paragraph (1), item (i) and "(Article 31, paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (3)"in Article 47-7 are deemed to be replaced with "Article 35"and "(Arti-cle 31, paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (3), Article 35, paragraph (1)", respectively.

(Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)

　Article 6　Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to an action that a person undertakes before this Act comes into effect (as for provisions specified in Article 1, item (ii) of these Supplementary Provisions, before each provi-sion comes into effect).

(Delegation to Cabinet Order)

　Article 7　Beyond as prescribed from Article 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures connected with the coming into effect of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order.

(Provisions on Coordination)

　Article 8　If the effective date of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of these Supplementary Provisions falls before the effective date of the Act to Adjust Related Acts to Coordinate with the Conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Act No. 108 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the "adjustment Act"), the term "Article 113, paragraph (5)" in the provisions amending Article 113, paragraph (5) and the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i) of these Supplementary Provisions are deemed to be replaced with "Article 113, paragraph (4)".

　Article 9　(1)　If the effective date falls before the effective date of the adjust-ment Act, the phrase "is deleted and the term 'exploit' in item (xxi) of the that para-graph is replaced with 'execute' " in the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "is deleted".

　(2)　In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the term "exploit" in the provisions of Article 8 of the adjustment Act amending Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Copyright Act by replacing item (xxiii) with item (xxiv), item (xxii) with item (xxiii), item (xxi) with item (xxii), and adding an item after item (xx), is deemed to be re-placed with "execute".

　Article 10　If the item (ii) effective date falls before the effective date of the ad-justment Act, the term "cablecast ([...] in the following item)" in the provisions of Ar-ticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xx) of the Copyright Act is deemed to be replaced with "cablecast ([...] in the following item and Article 104-15, paragraph (1))" upon its ap-plication during the period between the item (ii) effective date and the effective date of the adjustment Act.

Supplementary Provisions [Extract]

[Act No. 70 of July 6, 2018]

(Effective Date)

　Article 1　This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, how-ever, that the provisions set forth in each of the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item:

　　(i)　[omitted]

　　(ii)　the provisions of Article 4 and Article 5 of these Supplementary Provi-sions: the date of promulgation of this Act or the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 30 of 2018), whichever comes later.

(Provisions on Coordination Due to the Partial Amendment of the Amend-ed Copyright Act)

　Article 5　(1)　If the effective date falls on or after the effective date of the provi-sions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amended Copyright Act, the phrases "; hereinafter referred to as the 'adjustment Act')" in Arti-cle 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amended Copyright Act and "adjustment Act" in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amended Copyright Act are deemed to be replaced with ")" and "the Act on Adjust Related Acts to Coordinate with the Conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Act No. 108 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the 'adjustment Act')", respectively and the provisions of the preceding Article do not apply.

　(2)　If the effective date falls on or after the effective date of the Amended Copy-right Act, the phrases "the adjustment Act" and "between [...] the adjustment Act" in Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amended Copyright Act are deemed to be replaced with "the Act to Adjust Related Acts to Coordinate with the Coming into Effect of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Act No. 108 of 2016)" and "between [...] that Act", respectively, and the provisions of the preceding Article and the preceding paragraph do not apply.

　(3)　If the effective date falls on or after the effective date of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amended Copyright Act, the provisions of the preceding Article and the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.

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