# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百七十二条の四 (Article 472-4) - 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: 第四百七十二条の四 (Article 472-4)（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — address `art-472-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4 - 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. --- ### 第四百七十二条の四（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — (Transfer of Security Resulting from Discharging Assumption of an Obligation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-472-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4 **第一項** 債権者は、第四百七十二条第一項の規定により債務者が免れる債務の担保として設定された担保権を引受人が負担する債務に移すことができる。ただし、引受人以外の者がこれを設定した場合には、その承諾を得なければならない。 art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-1 An obligee may transfer a security right that has been created as security for the obligation from which the initial obligor is released pursuant to the provisions of Article 472, paragraph (1) to the obligation assumed by the replacing obligor; provided, however, that if a person other than the replacing obligor created the security right, the obligee must obtain consent from that person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による担保権の移転は、あらかじめ又は同時に引受人に対してする意思表示によってしなければならない。 art-472-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-2 The transfer of a security right under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be effected by manifesting the intention to the replacing obligor in advance or upon the transfer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第四百七十二条第一項の規定により債務者が免れる債務の保証をした者があるときについて準用する。 art-472-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis if there is a person that gave guarantee for the obligation from which the initial obligor is released pursuant to the provisions of Article 472, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の場合において、同項において準用する第一項の承諾は、書面でしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-472-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-4 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the consent referred to in paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph does not become effective unless it is given in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の承諾がその内容を記録した電磁的記録によってされたときは、その承諾は、書面によってされたものとみなして、同項の規定を適用する。 art-472-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-5 If the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph is given by means of an electronic or magnetic record in which its content is recorded, the consent is deemed to have been given in writing, and the provisions of that paragraph applies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-472-4/par-1: 第四百七十二条第一項 → 民法 第四百七十二条第一項 (Article 472, paragraph (1)), art-472/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472/par-1 - art-472-4/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第一項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (1)), art-472-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-1 - art-472-4/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第一項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (1)), art-472-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-1 - art-472-4/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第二項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (2)), art-472-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-2 - art-472-4/par-3: 第四百七十二条第一項 → 民法 第四百七十二条第一項 (Article 472, paragraph (1)), art-472/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472/par-1 - art-472-4/par-4: 前項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第三項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (3)), art-472-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-3 - art-472-4/par-4: 第一項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第一項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (1)), art-472-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-1 - art-472-4/par-5: 前項 → 民法 第四百七十二条の四第四項 (Article 472-4, paragraph (4)), art-472-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百九十八条の七第三項（根抵当権の被担保債権の譲渡等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-7/par-3 - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第二項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-2 - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第三項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-3 - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第四項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-4 - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第五項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-472-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-5 - 民法 附則第二十三条第一項（債務の引受けに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-23/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