# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（法人の能力） — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-34 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十四条（法人の能力） — (Capacity of Corporations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-34 **第一項** 法人は、法令の規定に従い、定款その他の基本約款で定められた目的の範囲内において、権利を有し、義務を負う。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-34/par-1 A corporation has rights and is subject to duties, subject to the provisions of laws and regulations and within the scope of the purpose stated in its articles of incorporation and other basic provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 相続税法 附則第三十四条の二第一項第一号（行政庁等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4171-38/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4171-38/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 - 租税特別措置法 附則第五十条第四項（国等に対して財産を寄附した場合の譲渡所得等の非課税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-23/art-50/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-23/art-50/par-4 - 租税特別措置法 附則第九十二条第一項（印紙税の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-23/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-23/art-92/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第三十四条の二第一項第一号（行政庁等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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