# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百三十二条 (Article 532) - 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: 第五百三十二条 (Article 532)（優等懸賞広告） — address `art-532` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532 - 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. --- ### 第五百三十二条（優等懸賞広告） — (Offer of Reward to Most Outstanding Applicant of the Public) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-532 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532 **第一項** 広告に定めた行為をした者が数人ある場合において、その優等者のみに報酬を与えるべきときは、その広告は、応募の期間を定めたときに限り、その効力を有する。 art-532/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-1 If an offer to the public stipulates that only the most outstanding applicant is to receive the reward in the event that two or more persons have performed the act requested in that offer, the offer to the public is effective only if it specifies an application period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、応募者中いずれの者の行為が優等であるかは、広告中に定めた者が判定し、広告中に判定をする者を定めなかったときは懸賞広告者が判定する。 art-532/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-2 In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the most outstanding applicant is judged by a person specified in the offer to the public and if no such person is specified in the offer, by the person that makes that offer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 応募者は、前項の判定に対して異議を述べることができない。 art-532/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-3 Applicants may not raise objection to the judge's decision under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第二項の規定は、数人の行為が同等と判定された場合について準用する。 art-532/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if the acts of two or more persons are judged to be of the same level. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-532/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百三十二条第一項 (Article 532, paragraph (1)), art-532/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-1 - art-532/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第五百三十二条第二項 (Article 532, paragraph (2)), art-532/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-2 - art-532/par-4: 前条第二項 → 民法 第五百三十一条第二項 (Article 531, paragraph (2)), art-531/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-531/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-531/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百三十二条第二項（優等懸賞広告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-2 - 民法 第五百三十二条第三項（優等懸賞広告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-532/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-532/par-3 --- ## 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