# 民法 / Civil Code — 第百五十条 (Article 150)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百五十条 (Article 150)（催告による時効の完成猶予） — address `art-150`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百五十条（催告による時効の完成猶予） — (Postponement of Expiration of Prescription Period on the Ground of Demand)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-150</sup>

    **第一項**  催告があったときは、その時から六箇月を経過するまでの間は、時効は、完成しない。
    <sup>art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-150/par-1</sup>
    If a demand is made, the prescription period does not expire until six months have passed since the time of the demand.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  催告によって時効の完成が猶予されている間にされた再度の催告は、前項の規定による時効の完成猶予の効力を有しない。
    <sup>art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-150/par-2</sup>
    A second demand made during the postponement of expiration of the prescription period granted on the ground of the first demand does not have the effect of postponement of expiration of prescription period under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-150/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-150/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第百五十条第二項（催告による時効の完成猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-150/par-2
- 民法 第百五十三条第二項（時効の完成猶予又は更新の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-153/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11