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Article 897Assumption of Rights in Respect of Rituals

第八百九十七条(祭祀に関する権利の承継)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, rights of ownership in genealogical records, implements used in rituals, and graves are succeeded to by the person that custom dictates is to preside over ancestral rituals; provided, however, that if the decedent has designated a person to preside over ancestral rituals, this person succeeds to these rights.

系譜、祭具及び墳墓の所有権は、前条の規定にかかわらず、慣習に従って祖先の祭祀を主宰すべき者が承継する。ただし、被相続人の指定に従って祖先の祭祀を主宰すべき者があるときは、その者が承継する。

In a case as referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, if it is not evident whom custom dictates, the family court determines who succeeds to the rights referred to in that paragraph.

前項本文の場合において慣習が明らかでないときは、同項の権利を承継すべき者は、家庭裁判所が定める。

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