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Article 161Postponement of Expiration of Prescription Period Due to Natural Disaster

第百六十一条(天災等による時効の完成猶予)

If it is impossible to carry out the procedure regarding any of the grounds stated in the items of Article 147, paragraph (1) or the items of Article 148, paragraph (1) upon the expiration of the period of prescription due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable serious event, the prescription period does not expire until three months have passed from the time when that impediment ceases to exist.

時効の期間の満了の時に当たり、天災その他避けることのできない事変のため第百四十七条第一項各号又は第百四十八条第一項各号に掲げる事由に係る手続を行うことができないときは、その障害が消滅した時から三箇月を経過するまでの間は、時効は、完成しない。

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