In the absence of a choice of law under the preceding Article, the formation and effect of a juridical act are governed by the law of the place with which the act is most closely connected at the time of the act.
前条の規定による選択がないときは、法律行為の成立及び効力は、当該法律行為の当時において当該法律行為に最も密接な関係がある地の法による。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if only one of the parties is to provide a characteristic performance involved in a juridical act, the law of the habitual residence of the party providing the performance (in cases where the relevant party has a place of business connected with the juridical act, the law of the place of business; in cases where the relevant party has two or more places of business which are connected with the juridical act and which are governed by different laws, the law of the principal place of business) is presumed to be the law of the place with which the act is most closely connected.
前項の場合において、法律行為において特徴的な給付を当事者の一方のみが行うものであるときは、その給付を行う当事者の常居所地法（その当事者が当該法律行為に関係する事業所を有する場合にあっては当該事業所の所在地の法、その当事者が当該法律行為に関係する二以上の事業所で法を異にする地に所在するものを有する場合にあってはその主たる事業所の所在地の法）を当該法律行為に最も密接な関係がある地の法と推定する。
In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the subject matter of the juridical act is real property, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the law of the place where the real property is situated (lex rei sitae)is presumed to be the law of the place with which the act is most closely connected.