# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百四十九条 (Article 349)

- 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: 第三百四十九条 (Article 349)（契約による質物の処分の禁止） — address `art-349`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-349
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### 第三百四十九条（契約による質物の処分の禁止） — (Prohibition on Disposition of the Thing Pledged by Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-349 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-349 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-349</sup>

    **第一項**  質権設定者は、設定行為又は債務の弁済期前の契約において、質権者に弁済として質物の所有権を取得させ、その他法律に定める方法によらないで質物を処分させることを約することができない。
    <sup>art-349/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-349/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-349/par-1</sup>
    The pledgor may not, either by the acts establishing pledges or by contracts made before the due dates for the obligations, allow the pledgee to acquire ownership of the thing pledged as satisfaction of the obligations, nor promise to allow the pledgee to dispose of it in any manner other than is prescribed by law.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11