# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百十二条の二 (Article 512-2)

- 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: 第五百十二条の二 (Article 512-2) — address `art-512-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-512-2
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### 第五百十二条の二
<sup>art-512-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-512-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-512-2</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者が債務者に対して有する債権に、一個の債権の弁済として数個の給付をすべきものがある場合における相殺については、前条の規定を準用する。債権者が債務者に対して負担する債務に、一個の債務の弁済として数個の給付をすべきものがある場合における相殺についても、同様とする。
      <sup>art-512-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-512-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-512-2/par-1</sup>
      The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a set-off if the claims held by the obligee against the obligor include a claim for which more than one payment or delivery should be made as the performance of a single obligation. The same applies to a set-off if the obligations borne by the obligee to the obligor include an obligation for which more than one payment or delivery should be made as the performance of a single obligation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-512-2/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第五百十二条 (Article 512), art-512 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-512 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-512

## Cited by

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

- 民法 附則第二十六条第四項（相殺に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-26/par-4

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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