Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Liquidation of the Estate
第四条（相続財産の清算に関する経過措置）
An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code.
施行日前に旧民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。
An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 940, paragraph (1) and Articles 953 through 956 of the New Civil Code, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code.
施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、新民法第九百四十条第一項及び第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条までの規定の適用については、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。
A request for the appointment of an administrator to the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date (excluding one for which the adjudication relating to that request became final and binding before the Effective Date) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a request for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code.
施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の管理人の選任の請求（施行日前に当該請求に係る審判が確定したものを除く。）は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の清算人の選任の請求とみなす。
With regard to the public notice of the appointment of an administrator to the estate, the public notice and demand to the effect that creditors of the succession and legatees are to file their claims, the payment to creditors of the succession and legatees and the realization of the estate for that payment, the participation of creditors of the succession and legatees in the realization process, the liability of an administrator to the estate who made an improper payment, the public notice searching for heirs, the rights of creditors of the succession and legatees who did not file their claims within the public notice period, and the rights of heirs, creditors of the succession and legatees in the case where there is no person asserting rights as an heir, in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
With regard to the distribution of the estate to a person with a special connection to the decedent in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 958-2, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Code, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により相続財産の管理人が選任された場合における特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与については、新民法第九百五十八条の二第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。