# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百四十五条 (Article 545) - 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: 第五百四十五条 (Article 545)（解除の効果） — address `art-545` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545 - 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. --- ### 第五百四十五条（解除の効果） — (Effect of Cancellation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545 **第一項** 当事者の一方がその解除権を行使したときは、各当事者は、その相手方を原状に復させる義務を負う。ただし、第三者の権利を害することはできない。 art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-1 If one of the parties exercises the right to cancel, each party assumes an obligation to restore the other party to that other party's original state; provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of a third party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項本文の場合において、金銭を返還するときは、その受領の時から利息を付さなければならない。 art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-2 In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, if any monies are to be refunded, interest must accrue from the time of the receipt of those monies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項本文の場合において、金銭以外の物を返還するときは、その受領の時以後に生じた果実をも返還しなければならない。 art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-3 In the case referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1), if a thing other than money is to be returned, fruits that have accrued on or after the time of the receipt of the thing must also be returned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 解除権の行使は、損害賠償の請求を妨げない。 art-545/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-4 The exercise of the right to cancel does not preclude claims for damages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-545/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百四十五条第一項 (Article 545, paragraph (1)), art-545/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-1 - art-545/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第五百四十五条第一項 (Article 545, paragraph (1)), art-545/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百四十五条第二項（解除の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-2 - 民法 第五百四十五条第三項（解除の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-545/par-3 - 民法 第五百四十六条第一項（契約の解除と同時履行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-546/par-1 - 民法 第五百五十七条第二項（手付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-557/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-557/par-2 - 民法 附則第三十二条第一項（契約の解除に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-32/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