# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十五条の五 (Article 465-5) - 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: 第四百六十五条の五 (Article 465-5)（保証人が法人である根保証契約の求償権） — address `art-465-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十五条の五（保証人が法人である根保証契約の求償権） — (Right to Reimbursement in Contract for Revolving Guarantee When the Guarantor Is a Corporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-465-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5 **第一項** 保証人が法人である根保証契約において、第四百六十五条の二第一項に規定する極度額の定めがないときは、その根保証契約の保証人の主たる債務者に対する求償権に係る債務を主たる債務とする保証契約は、その効力を生じない。 art-465-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-1 If a contract for revolving guarantee under which the guarantor is a corporation does not provide for the maximum amount prescribed in Article 465-2, paragraph (1), a guarantee contract under which the principal obligation is an obligation arising from the right to reimbursement held by the guarantor of the contract for revolving guarantee against the principal obligor does not become effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保証人が法人である根保証契約であってその主たる債務の範囲に貸金等債務が含まれるものにおいて、元本確定期日の定めがないとき、又は元本確定期日の定め若しくはその変更が第四百六十五条の三第一項若しくは第三項の規定を適用するとすればその効力を生じないものであるときは、その根保証契約の保証人の主たる債務者に対する求償権に係る債務を主たる債務とする保証契約は、その効力を生じない。主たる債務の範囲にその求償権に係る債務が含まれる根保証契約も、同様とする。 art-465-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-2 If a contract for revolving guarantee under which the guarantor is a corporation and the scope of the principal obligation includes a loan obligation does not provide for the principal fixed date, or its provisions concerning the principal fixed date or any change of it would not become effective should the provisions of Article 465-3, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) be applied, a guarantee contract under which the principal obligation is an obligation arising from the right to reimbursement held by the guarantor of the revolving guarantee contract against the principal obligor does not become effective. The same applies to a contract for revolving guarantee under which the scope of the principal obligation includes an obligation arising from the right to reimbursement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、求償権に係る債務を主たる債務とする保証契約又は主たる債務の範囲に求償権に係る債務が含まれる根保証契約の保証人が法人である場合には、適用しない。 art-465-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if the guarantor of a guarantee contract under which the principal obligation is an obligation arising from the right to reimbursement or of a contract for revolving guarantee under which the scope of the principal obligation includes an obligation arising from the right to reimbursement is a corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-465-5/par-1: 第四百六十五条の二第一項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の二第一項 (Article 465-2, paragraph (1)), art-465-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-2/par-1 - art-465-5/par-2: 第四百六十五条の三第一項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の三第一項 (Article 465-3, paragraph (1)), art-465-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-3/par-1 - art-465-5/par-2: 第三項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の三第三項 (Article 465-3, paragraph (3)), art-465-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-3/par-3 - art-465-5/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の五第一項 (Article 465-5, paragraph (1)), art-465-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-1 - art-465-5/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の五第二項 (Article 465-5, paragraph (2)), art-465-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十五条の五第三項（保証人が法人である根保証契約の求償権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-5/par-3 - 民法 附則第四条第六項（貸金等根保証契約に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-6 - 民法 附則第四条第七項（貸金等根保証契約に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-7 --- ## 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