# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百九十八条の十 (Article 398-10) - 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: 第三百九十八条の十 (Article 398-10)（根抵当権者又は債務者の会社分割） — address `art-398-10` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10 - 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. --- ### 第三百九十八条の十（根抵当権者又は債務者の会社分割） — (Company Splits of Revolving Mortgagees or Obligors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-398-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10 **第一項** 元本の確定前に根抵当権者を分割をする会社とする分割があったときは、根抵当権は、分割の時に存する債権のほか、分割をした会社及び分割により設立された会社又は当該分割をした会社がその事業に関して有する権利義務の全部又は一部を当該会社から承継した会社が分割後に取得する債権を担保する。 art-398-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-1 If, before the principal is fixed, a company split in which the relevant revolving mortgagee is the company to be split is effected, the revolving mortgage secures the claims that exist at the time of the split and otherwise secures claims acquired after the split by the split company and the company incorporated by the split, or claims acquired after the split by the company that succeeded to some or all of the rights and obligations of the split company regarding its business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 元本の確定前にその債務者を分割をする会社とする分割があったときは、根抵当権は、分割の時に存する債務のほか、分割をした会社及び分割により設立された会社又は当該分割をした会社がその事業に関して有する権利義務の全部又は一部を当該会社から承継した会社が分割後に負担する債務を担保する。 art-398-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-2 If, before the principal is fixed, a split in which the relevant obligor is the company to be split is effected, the revolving mortgage secures the obligations that exist at the time of the split and otherwise secures obligations that are assumed after the split by the split company and the company incorporated by the split, or claims acquired after the split by the company that assumed some or all of the rights and obligations of the split company regarding its business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第三項から第五項までの規定は、前二項の場合について準用する。 art-398-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-3 The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases under the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-398-10/par-3: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 民法 第三百九十八条の九第三項 (Article 398-9, paragraph (3)), art-398-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-9/par-3 - art-398-10/par-3: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 民法 第三百九十八条の九第四項 (Article 398-9, paragraph (4)), art-398-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-9/par-4 - art-398-10/par-3: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 民法 第三百九十八条の九第五項 (Article 398-9, paragraph (5)), art-398-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-9/par-5 - art-398-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十第一項 (Article 398-10, paragraph (1)), art-398-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-1 - art-398-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十第二項 (Article 398-10, paragraph (2)), art-398-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民年金法 第百三十七条の三の十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-3-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-3-14/par-1 - 民法 第三百九十八条の十第三項（根抵当権者又は債務者の会社分割） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-10/par-3 --- ## 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