# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二十四条の七 (Article 424-7) - 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: 第四百二十四条の七 (Article 424-7)（被告及び訴訟告知） — address `art-424-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7 - 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. --- ### 第四百二十四条の七（被告及び訴訟告知） — (Defendant and Notice of Suit) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-424-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7 **第一項** 詐害行為取消請求に係る訴えについては、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める者を被告とする。 art-424-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7/par-1 In an action concerning demand for revocation of fraudulent act, the person specified in each of the following items according to the categories stated in the respective items stands as a defendant: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 受益者に対する詐害行為取消請求に係る訴え　受益者 art-424-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7/par-1/item-1 an action concerning demand for revocation of fraudulent act against the beneficiary:the beneficiary; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 転得者に対する詐害行為取消請求に係る訴え　その詐害行為取消請求の相手方である転得者 art-424-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7/par-1/item-2 an action concerning demand for revocation of fraudulent act against the subsequent acquirer:the subsequent acquirer that is the other party to the demand for revocation of fraudulent act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債権者は、詐害行為取消請求に係る訴えを提起したときは、遅滞なく、債務者に対し、訴訟告知をしなければならない。 art-424-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-424-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424-7/par-2 If the obligee files an action concerning demand for revocation of fraudulent act, the obligee must give notice of suit to the obligor without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 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 --- ## 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