Article 699 — Civil Code

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Article 699Obligation of Managers to Give Notice

第六百九十九条（管理者の通知義務）

A manager must notify the principal without delay that the manager has commenced benevolent intervention in the principal's affairs; provided, however, that this does not apply if the principal already knows of this.

管理者は、事務管理を始めたことを遅滞なく本人に通知しなければならない。ただし、本人が既にこれを知っているときは、この限りでない。

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benevolent intervention in another's affairs
事務管理（じむかんり）
The management of another person's affairs by someone who began it without any duty to do so (a manager, 管理者), who must carry it out in the way that best suits that person's interests, according to the nature of the affairs.
Article 697, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
manager
管理者（かんりしゃ）
In the chapter on benevolent intervention in another's affairs (事務管理), a person who has begun to manage affairs for another person without being obliged to do so.
Article 697, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026)民法等の一部を改正する法律

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