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Article 588De Facto Loans for Consumption

第五百八十八条(準消費貸借)

If any person has an obligation to pay money or deliver other things under any arrangement, and the parties agree to regard the thing as the subject of a loan for consumption, it is deemed that this establishes a loan for consumption.

金銭その他の物を給付する義務を負う者がある場合において、当事者がその物を消費貸借の目的とすることを約したときは、消費貸借は、これによって成立したものとみなす。

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