# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九十二条 (Article 592)

- 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: 第五百九十二条 (Article 592)（価額の償還） — address `art-592`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百九十二条（価額の償還） — (Reimbursement of Value)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-592 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-592 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-592</sup>

    **第一項**  借主が貸主から受け取った物と種類、品質及び数量の同じ物をもって返還をすることができなくなったときは、その時における物の価額を償還しなければならない。ただし、第四百二条第二項に規定する場合は、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-592/par-1</sup>
    If the borrower has become unable to return things in the same kind, quality and quantity as that of the things the borrower received from the lender, the borrower must reimburse the current value of the things; provided, however, that this does not apply in the cases provided for in Article 402, paragraph (2).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-592/par-1: 第四百二条第二項 → 民法 第四百二条第二項 (Article 402, paragraph (2)), art-402/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 民法 第六百六十六条第二項（消費寄託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-666/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-666/par-2

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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