# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十五条の九 (Article 465-9) - 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: 第四百六十五条の九 (Article 465-9)（公正証書の作成と保証の効力に関する規定の適用除外） — address `art-465-9` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十五条の九（公正証書の作成と保証の効力に関する規定の適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application of Provisions Concerning Preparation of Notarial Instrument and Effect of Guarantee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-465-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9 **第一項** 前三条の規定は、保証人になろうとする者が次に掲げる者である保証契約については、適用しない。 art-465-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1 The provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply to a guarantee contract under which the person intending to become a guarantor is any of the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 主たる債務者が法人である場合のその理事、取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者 art-465-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-1 if the principal obligor is a corporation, its managing administrator, director, executive officer, or any person equivalent thereto; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 主たる債務者が法人である場合の次に掲げる者 art-465-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2 if the principal obligor is a corporation, any of the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 主たる債務者の総株主の議決権（株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株式についての議決権を除く。以下この号において同じ。）の過半数を有する者 art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 a person that holds the majority of voting rights of all shareholders (excluding voting rights in respect of shares that do not allow voting rights to be exercised for all matters that may be resolved at a shareholders meeting; the same applies in this item below) of the principal obligor; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 主たる債務者の総株主の議決権の過半数を他の株式会社が有する場合における当該他の株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する者 art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 if the majority of voting rights of all shareholders of the principal obligor is held by another stock company: a person that holds the majority of voting rights of all shareholders of that other stock company; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 主たる債務者の総株主の議決権の過半数を他の株式会社及び当該他の株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する者が有する場合における当該他の株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する者 art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-3 if the majority of voting rights of all shareholders of the principal obligor is held by another stock company and a person that holds the majority of voting rights of all shareholders of that other stock company: a person that holds the majority of voting rights of all shareholders of that other stock company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 株式会社以外の法人が主たる債務者である場合におけるイ、ロ又はハに掲げる者に準ずる者 art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-4 if the principal obligor is a corporation that is not a stock company: a person equivalent to the person stated in (a), (b) or (c); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 主たる債務者（法人であるものを除く。以下この号において同じ。）と共同して事業を行う者又は主たる債務者が行う事業に現に従事している主たる債務者の配偶者 art-465-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-3 a person that conducts business jointly with the principal obligor (excluding one that is a corporation; the same applies in this item below) or the principal obligor's spouse who actually engages in the business conducted by the principal obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-465-9/par-1: 前三条 → 民法 第四百六十五条の六 (Article 465-6), art-465-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-6 - art-465-9/par-1: 前三条 → 民法 第四百六十五条の七 (Article 465-7), art-465-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-7 - art-465-9/par-1: 前三条 → 民法 第四百六十五条の八 (Article 465-8), art-465-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-8 - art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1: この号 → 民法 第四百六十五条の九第一項第二号 (Article 465-9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-465-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2 - art-465-9/par-1/item-3: この号 → 民法 第四百六十五条の九第一項第三号 (Article 465-9, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-465-9/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十五条の九第一項第二号イ（公正証書の作成と保証の効力に関する規定の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 民法 第四百六十五条の九第一項第三号（公正証書の作成と保証の効力に関する規定の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-9/par-1/item-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