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Article 121-2Obligation of Restoration

第百二十一条の二(原状回復の義務)

A person that has received payment or delivery as the performance of an obligation based on a void act has an obligation to restore the other party to the original state.

無効な行為に基づく債務の履行として給付を受けた者は、相手方を原状に復させる義務を負う。

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a person that receives payment or delivery as the performance of an obligation based on a void gratuitous act did not know that the act was void at the time of receiving the payment or delivery (or if the person did not know that the act may be revoked at the time of receiving the payment or delivery in the case of an act which is deemed void ab initio pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article after the receipt of the payment or delivery), has an obligation to return to the extent currently enriched by the act.

前項の規定にかかわらず、無効な無償行為に基づく債務の履行として給付を受けた者は、給付を受けた当時その行為が無効であること(給付を受けた後に前条の規定により初めから無効であったものとみなされた行為にあっては、給付を受けた当時その行為が取り消すことができるものであること)を知らなかったときは、その行為によって現に利益を受けている限度において、返還の義務を負う。

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a person who has no mental capacity at the time of performing an act has an obligation to return to the extent currently enriched by the act. The same applies to a person who is a person with qualified legal capacity at the time of performing an act.

第一項の規定にかかわらず、行為の時に意思能力を有しなかった者は、その行為によって現に利益を受けている限度において、返還の義務を負う。行為の時に制限行為能力者であった者についても、同様とする。

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