# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五条 (Article 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: 第五条 (Article 5)（未成年者の法律行為） — address `art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-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. 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. --- ### 第五条（未成年者の法律行為） — (Juridical Acts by Minors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5 **第一項** 未成年者が法律行為をするには、その法定代理人の同意を得なければならない。ただし、単に権利を得、又は義務を免れる法律行為については、この限りでない。 art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-1 A minor must obtain the consent of the minor's legal representative to perform a juridical act; provided, however, that this does not apply to a juridical act for merely acquiring a right or being released from an obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定に反する法律行為は、取り消すことができる。 art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-2 A juridical act in contravention of the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be revoked. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、法定代理人が目的を定めて処分を許した財産は、その目的の範囲内において、未成年者が自由に処分することができる。目的を定めないで処分を許した財産を処分するときも、同様とする。 art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a minor may freely dispose of property that the legal representative has permitted the minor to dispose of for a specified purpose, to an extent that falls within the scope of that purpose. The same applies if the minor disposes of property that the legal representative has permitted the minor to dispose of without specifying a purpose. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-5/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-1 - art-5/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五条第二項（未成年者の法律行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-2 - 民法 第五条第三項（未成年者の法律行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-3 - 民法 第九百六十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-962/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-962/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