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Article 457Effect of Circumstance Which Arises with Respect to the Principal Obligor

第四百五十七条(主たる債務者について生じた事由の効力)

The postponement of expiration of prescription period and the renewal of prescription period due to grounds such as a request for performance in relation to the principal obligor are also effective in relation to the guarantor.

主たる債務者に対する履行の請求その他の事由による時効の完成猶予及び更新は、保証人に対しても、その効力を生ずる。

A guarantor may assert against the obligee a defense that can be raised by the principal obligor.

保証人は、主たる債務者が主張することができる抗弁をもって債権者に対抗することができる。

If the principal obligor has a right to set-off, right to revoke or right to cancel against the obligee, the guarantor may refuse to perform the obligation to the obligee to the extent that the principal obligor should have been released from the obligation by exercising these rights.

主たる債務者が債権者に対して相殺権、取消権又は解除権を有するときは、これらの権利の行使によって主たる債務者がその債務を免れるべき限度において、保証人は、債権者に対して債務の履行を拒むことができる。

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