# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百七十条 (Article 670) - 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: 第六百七十条 (Article 670)（業務の決定及び執行の方法） — address `art-670` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670 - 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. --- ### 第六百七十条（業務の決定及び執行の方法） — (Methods of Deciding and Executing Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-670 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670 **第一項** 組合の業務は、組合員の過半数をもって決定し、各組合員がこれを執行する。 art-670/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-1 The partnership business is decided by the majority of the partners and executed by each partner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 組合の業務の決定及び執行は、組合契約の定めるところにより、一人又は数人の組合員又は第三者に委任することができる。 art-670/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-2 The decision and execution of the partnership business may be delegated to one or more partners or a third party, pursuant to the provisions of the partnership contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の委任を受けた者（以下「業務執行者」という。）は、組合の業務を決定し、これを執行する。この場合において、業務執行者が数人あるときは、組合の業務は、業務執行者の過半数をもって決定し、各業務執行者がこれを執行する。 art-670/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-3 The person delegated referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to as a "person who executes business" below) decides and executes the partnership business. In such a case, if there are two or more persons who execute business, the partnership business is decided by the majority of these persons who execute business and is executed by each of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、組合の業務については、総組合員の同意によって決定し、又は総組合員が執行することを妨げない。 art-670/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the partnership business is not precluded to be decided based on the consent of all partners or executed by all partners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 組合の常務は、前各項の規定にかかわらず、各組合員又は各業務執行者が単独で行うことができる。ただし、その完了前に他の組合員又は業務執行者が異議を述べたときは、この限りでない。 art-670/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-5 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the ordinary business of a partnership may be performed by each partner or each person who executes business independently; provided, however, that this does not apply if other partners or persons who execute business raise objections before the completion of the business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-670/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第六百七十条第二項 (Article 670, paragraph (2)), art-670/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-2 - art-670/par-4: 前項 → 民法 第六百七十条第三項 (Article 670, paragraph (3)), art-670/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-3 - art-670/par-5: 前各項 → 民法 第六百七十条第一項 (Article 670, paragraph (1)), art-670/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-1 - art-670/par-5: 前各項 → 民法 第六百七十条第二項 (Article 670, paragraph (2)), art-670/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-2 - art-670/par-5: 前各項 → 民法 第六百七十条第三項 (Article 670, paragraph (3)), art-670/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-3 - art-670/par-5: 前各項 → 民法 第六百七十条第四項 (Article 670, paragraph (4)), art-670/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百七十条第三項（業務の決定及び執行の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-3 - 民法 第六百七十条第四項（業務の決定及び執行の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-4 - 民法 第六百七十条第五項（業務の決定及び執行の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-670/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670/par-5 - 民法 第六百八十六条第一項（清算人の業務の決定及び執行の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-686/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-686/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