# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百七十五条 (Article 475)

- 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: 第四百七十五条 (Article 475)（弁済として引き渡した物の取戻し） — address `art-475`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百七十五条（弁済として引き渡した物の取戻し） — (Recovery of Thing Transferred in Performance of Obligation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-475 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-475 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-475</sup>

        **第一項**  弁済をした者が弁済として他人の物を引き渡したときは、その弁済をした者は、更に有効な弁済をしなければ、その物を取り戻すことができない。
        <sup>art-475/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-475/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-475/par-1</sup>
        If a person effecting performance has delivered a thing owned by another person in performance of the obligation, the person so effecting performance may not recover that thing without effecting valid performance de novo.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第四百七十六条第一項（弁済として引き渡した物の消費又は譲渡がされた場合の弁済の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-476/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-476/par-1

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## 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