# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三十三条 (Article 33)

- 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（法人の成立等） — address `art-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-33
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-33
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### 第三十三条（法人の成立等） — (Formation of Corporations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-33</sup>

  **第一項**  法人は、この法律その他の法律の規定によらなければ、成立しない。
  <sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-33/par-1</sup>
  No corporation can be formed unless it is formed pursuant to the provisions of this Code and other laws.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  学術、技芸、慈善、祭祀、宗教その他の公益を目的とする法人、営利事業を営むことを目的とする法人その他の法人の設立、組織、運営及び管理については、この法律その他の法律の定めるところによる。
  <sup>art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-33/par-2</sup>
  The formation, organization, operation, and management of corporations including corporations formed for academic activities, art, charity, worship, religion and other public interests, and corporations formed for engaging in business for profit are governed by the provisions of this Code and other laws.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-001, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11