The formalities for a juridical act are governed by a law applicable to the formation of the act (the initially applicable law prior to the change governs if the law was changed under the preceding Article after the juridical act).
法律行為の方式は、当該法律行為の成立について適用すべき法（当該法律行為の後に前条の規定による変更がされた場合にあっては、その変更前の法）による。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the formalities that comply with the law of the place where the relevant act was done are valid.
前項の規定にかかわらず、行為地法に適合する方式は、有効とする。
For the purpose of the application of the preceding paragraph, with regard to a manifestation of intention to a person in a place governed by a different law, the place from where the notice of the manifestation was dispatched is deemed to be the place where that act was done.
法を異にする地に在る者に対してされた意思表示については、前項の規定の適用に当たっては、その通知を発した地を行為地とみなす。
The preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the formalities for a contract concluded between persons in places governed by different laws. In this case, notwithstanding paragraph (1), the formalities for a contract that comply with either the law of the place from where the notice of offer was dispatched or the law of the place from where the notice of acceptance was dispatched are valid.
The preceding three paragraphs do not apply to the formalities for a juridical act to establish or dispose of a real right (a right in rem) with regard to movable or immovable, or any other right requiring registration.
前三項の規定は、動産又は不動産に関する物権及びその他の登記をすべき権利を設定し又は処分する法律行為の方式については、適用しない。