# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九条 (Article 509) - 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: 第五百九条 (Article 509)（不法行為等により生じた債権を受働債権とする相殺の禁止） — address `art-509` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509 - 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. --- ### 第五百九条（不法行為等により生じた債権を受働債権とする相殺の禁止） — (Prohibition of Effecting Set-Offs Against Claims Arising from Tort as Passive Sett-Off Claim) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-509 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509 **第一項** 次に掲げる債務の債務者は、相殺をもって債権者に対抗することができない。ただし、その債権者がその債務に係る債権を他人から譲り受けたときは、この限りでない。 art-509/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509/par-1 The obligor of either of the following obligations may not duly assert a set-off against the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligee acquires a claim corresponding to the relevant obligation from another person: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 悪意による不法行為に基づく損害賠償の債務 art-509/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509/par-1/item-1 an obligation for damages based on a tort committed in bad faith; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 人の生命又は身体の侵害による損害賠償の債務（前号に掲げるものを除く。） art-509/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509/par-1/item-2 an obligation for damages for death or injury to person (excluding the one stated in the preceding item). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-509/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 民法 第五百九条第一項第一号 (Article 509, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-509/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百九条第一項第二号（不法行為等により生じた債権を受働債権とする相殺の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-509/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-509/par-1/item-2 - 民法 附則第二十六条第二項（相殺に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-26/par-2 --- ## 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