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Article 219Changes to Streams

第二百十九条(水流の変更)

An owner of a channel, moat, or other land containing a stream must not change the course or width of the same if the land on the other side is owned by another person.

溝、堀その他の水流地の所有者は、対岸の土地が他人の所有に属するときは、その水路又は幅員を変更してはならない。

If the land on both sides of a stream is owned by the owner of the land containing the stream, that owner may change the course or the width of the same; provided, however, that the owner must return the stream to its natural course at the point where the stream meets a neighboring land.

両岸の土地が水流地の所有者に属するときは、その所有者は、水路及び幅員を変更することができる。ただし、水流が隣地と交わる地点において、自然の水路に戻さなければならない。

If there are customs that differ from the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, those customs prevail.

前二項の規定と異なる慣習があるときは、その慣習に従う。

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