The amount of damages for failure to perform an obligation to deliver money is determined with reference to the statutory interest rate on the time when the obligor first assumes the responsibility for the delay; provided, however, that if the agreed-upon interest rate exceeds the statutory interest rate, the agreed-upon interest rate prevails.
金銭の給付を目的とする債務の不履行については、その損害賠償の額は、債務者が遅滞の責任を負った最初の時点における法定利率によって定める。ただし、約定利率が法定利率を超えるときは、約定利率による。
The obligee is not required to prove damages with respect to the damages referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の損害賠償については、債権者は、損害の証明をすることを要しない。
The obligor may not raise the defense of force majeure with respect to the damages referred to in paragraph (1).
第一項の損害賠償については、債務者は、不可抗力をもって抗弁とすることができない。
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(Special Provisions for Monetary Debt)
The amount of damages for failure to perform an obligation to deliver money is determined with reference to the statutory interest rate on the time when the obligor first assumes the responsibility…
金銭の給付を目的とする債務の不履行については、その損害賠償の額は、債務者が遅滞の責任を負った最初の時点における法定利率によって定める。ただし、約定利率が法定利率を超えるときは、約定利率による。
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損害賠償
Compensation for loss one person has caused another. A debtor who does not perform an obligation as it should be performed, or cannot perform it, must compensate the creditor for the loss that results, unless the failure comes from a cause the debtor is not responsible for, judged by the contract or other source of the obligation and by accepted views in dealings (Civil Code, Article 415, paragraph (1)); and a person who, intentionally or negligently, infringes another's rights or legally protected interests must compensate for the loss that results (Article 709). It is paid in money unless otherwise agreed (Articles 417 and 722, paragraph (1)), and the parties to a contract may agree in advance the amount due if it is not performed; a sum fixed for breach (違約金) is presumed to be such an agreement (Article 420, paragraphs (1) and (3)). The Consumer Contract Act makes void the part of such an amount in a consumer contract, for its cancellation, with any penalty added, above the average loss the business would suffer from the cancellation of consumer contracts of that kind, measured separately for each category the clause sets, such as the reason for and time of cancellation (Consumer Contract Act, Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 415, 417, 420, 709, 722 and Consumer Contract Act, Art. 9 as a reference.