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Article 163Acquisitive Prescription of Property Rights Other Than Ownership

第百六十三条(所有権以外の財産権の取得時効)

A person that exercises a property right other than ownership peacefully and openly with the intention to do so on the person's own behalf acquires that right after the passage of 20 years or 10 years, according to the distinction provided for in the preceding Article.

所有権以外の財産権を、自己のためにする意思をもって、平穏に、かつ、公然と行使する者は、前条の区別に従い二十年又は十年を経過した後、その権利を取得する。

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