# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二十四条 (Article 424) - 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: 第四百二十四条 (Article 424)（詐害行為取消請求） — address `art-424` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424 - 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. --- ### 第四百二十四条（詐害行為取消請求） — (Demand for Revocation of Fraudulent Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-424 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424 **第一項** 債権者は、債務者が債権者を害することを知ってした行為の取消しを裁判所に請求することができる。ただし、その行為によって利益を受けた者（以下この款において「受益者」という。）がその行為の時において債権者を害することを知らなかったときは、この限りでない。 art-424/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-1 An obligee may demand the court to revoke an act which the obligor commits knowing that it will prejudice the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that benefits from that act (referred to as the "beneficiary" in this Subsection below) does not know, at the time of the act, that the obligee will be prejudiced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、財産権を目的としない行為については、適用しない。 art-424/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to an act with a subject other than property rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 債権者は、その債権が第一項に規定する行為の前の原因に基づいて生じたものである場合に限り、同項の規定による請求（以下「詐害行為取消請求」という。）をすることができる。 art-424/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-3 The obligee may make the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) (referred to as "demand for revocation of fraudulent act" below) only if the obligee's claim has arisen from a cause that existed before the act prescribed in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者は、その債権が強制執行により実現することのできないものであるときは、詐害行為取消請求をすることができない。 art-424/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-4 The obligee may not make demand for revocation of fraudulent act if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by judicial enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-424/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百二十四条第一項 (Article 424, paragraph (1)), art-424/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-1 - art-424/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第四百二十四条第一項 (Article 424, paragraph (1)), art-424/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百六十三条第二項（清算持分会社の財産処分の取消しの訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-863/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-863/par-2 - 会社法 第八百六十五条第四項（社債発行会社の弁済等の取消しの訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-865/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-865/par-4 - 民法 第三百七十条第一項（抵当権の効力の及ぶ範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-370/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-370/par-1 - 民法 第四百二十四条第二項（詐害行為取消請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-2 - 民法 第四百二十四条第三項（詐害行為取消請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-3 - 民法 第四百二十四条の四第一項（過大な代物弁済等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-4/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11