Article 637Limitation on Period of Warranty with Respect to Kind or Quality of Subject Matter
第六百三十七条（目的物の種類又は品質に関する担保責任の期間の制限）
In the case prescribed in the main clause of the preceding Article, if the party ordering work fails to notify the contractor of the non-conformity to the terms of the contract within one year from the time when the party becomes aware of it, the party ordering work may not demand completion of the non-conformity of performance, demand a reduction of the remuneration, claim compensation for damage, or cancel the contract.
前条本文に規定する場合において、注文者がその不適合を知った時から一年以内にその旨を請負人に通知しないときは、注文者は、その不適合を理由として、履行の追完の請求、報酬の減額の請求、損害賠償の請求及び契約の解除をすることができない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the contractor knew or did not know due to gross negligence the non-conformity referred to in that paragraph at the time when the contractor delivers the subject matter of work (in the case of the subject matter of work that is not required to be delivered, when the work is finished).