# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百五十二条 (Article 452) - 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: 第四百五十二条 (Article 452)（催告の抗弁） — address `art-452` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-452 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-452 - 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. --- ### 第四百五十二条（催告の抗弁） — (Defense of No Demand by Obligee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-452 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-452 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-452 **第一項** 債権者が保証人に債務の履行を請求したときは、保証人は、まず主たる債務者に催告をすべき旨を請求することができる。ただし、主たる債務者が破産手続開始の決定を受けたとき、又はその行方が知れないときは、この限りでない。 art-452/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-452/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-452/par-1 If an obligee has requested performance of an obligation from the guarantor, the guarantor may request the obligee to demand performance of the principal obligor first; provided, however, that this does not apply if the principal obligor is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding or if the principal obligor's whereabouts are unknown. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百五十三条第一項（検索の抗弁） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-453/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-453/par-1 - 民法 第四百五十四条第一項（連帯保証の場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-454/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-454/par-1 - 民法 第四百五十五条第一項（催告の抗弁及び検索の抗弁の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-455/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-455/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