# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百四十四条の二 (Article 644-2) - 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: 第六百四十四条の二 (Article 644-2)（復受任者の選任等） — address `art-644-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644-2 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十四条の二（復受任者の選任等） — (Appointment of Sub-Mandatary) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-644-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644-2 **第一項** 受任者は、委任者の許諾を得たとき、又はやむを得ない事由があるときでなければ、復受任者を選任することができない。 art-644-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644-2/par-1 A mandatary may not appoint a sub-mandatary unless the mandatary obtains the permission of the mandator or there is a compelling reason to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 代理権を付与する委任において、受任者が代理権を有する復受任者を選任したときは、復受任者は、委任者に対して、その権限の範囲内において、受任者と同一の権利を有し、義務を負う。 art-644-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644-2/par-2 In the case of mandate upon which the mandator grants authority to represent to the mandatary, if the mandatary appoints a sub-mandatary with authority to represent, the sub-mandatary has the same rights and obligations as those of the mandatary in relation to the mandator within the scope of its authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百七十一条第一項（委任の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-671/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-671/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