# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百八十四条 (Article 384) - 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: 第三百八十四条 (Article 384)（債権者のみなし承諾） — address `art-384` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百八十四条（債権者のみなし承諾） — (Deemed Approval of Obligees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-384 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、前条各号に掲げる書面の送付を受けた債権者は、抵当不動産の第三取得者が同条第三号に掲げる書面に記載したところにより提供した同号の代価又は金額を承諾したものとみなす。 art-384/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1 In the cases stated below, the obligee that has received the documents stated in each item of the preceding Article is deemed to have approved the price or amount that the third party acquirer of the mortgaged immovables has offered as stated in the document stated in item (iii) of that Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その債権者が前条各号に掲げる書面の送付を受けた後二箇月以内に抵当権を実行して競売の申立てをしないとき。 art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1 if the obligee does not enforce the mortgage by filing a petition for auction within two months after receipt of the documents stated in each item of the preceding Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その債権者が前号の申立てを取り下げたとき。 art-384/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-2 if the obligee withdraws a petition under the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第一号の申立てを却下する旨の決定が確定したとき。 art-384/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-3 if a decision dismissing a petition under item (i) has become final and binding; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第一号の申立てに基づく競売の手続を取り消す旨の決定（民事執行法第百八十八条において準用する同法第六十三条第三項若しくは第六十八条の三第三項の規定又は同法第百八十三条第一項第二号ニに掲げる文書が提出された場合における同条第二項の規定による決定を除く。）が確定したとき。 art-384/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-4 if a decision revoking auction procedures based on a petition under item (i) (excluding rulings under the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (3) or Article 68-3, paragraph (3) of the Civil Enforcement Act applied mutatis mutandis under Article 188 of that Act, or under the provisions of Article 183, paragraph (2) of that Act if the document set out in paragraph (1), item (ii), (d) of that Article is submitted) has become final and binding. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-384/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第三百八十三条 (Article 383), art-383 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383 - art-384/par-1: 同条第三号 → 民法 第三百八十三条第一項第三号 (Article 383, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-383/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-3 - art-384/par-1/item-1: 前条 → 民法 第三百八十三条 (Article 383), art-383 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383 - art-384/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第一号 (Article 384, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-384/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1 - art-384/par-1/item-3: 第一号 → 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第一号 (Article 384, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-384/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1 - art-384/par-1/item-4: 第一号 → 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第一号 (Article 384, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-384/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1 - art-384/par-1/item-4: 民事執行法第百八十八条 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — not held in this collection - art-384/par-1/item-4: 同法第六十三条第三項 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第六十三条第三項 (Article 63, paragraph (3)), art-63/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-384/par-1/item-4: 第六十八条の三第三項 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第六十八条の三第三項 (Article 68-3, paragraph (3)), art-68-3/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-384/par-1/item-4: 同法第百八十三条第一項第二号 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第百八十三条第一項第二号 (Article 183, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-183/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-384/par-1/item-4: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第百八十三条第二項 (Article 183, paragraph (2)), art-183/par-2 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第二号（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第三号（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-3 - 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第四号（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-4 - 民法 第三百八十五条第一項（競売の申立ての通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-385/par-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 - 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