# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百七十八条 (Article 678) - 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: 第六百七十八条 (Article 678)（組合員の脱退） — address `art-678` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-678 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-678 - 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. --- ### 第六百七十八条（組合員の脱退） — (Withdrawal of Partners) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-678 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-678 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-678 **第一項** 組合契約で組合の存続期間を定めなかったとき、又はある組合員の終身の間組合が存続すべきことを定めたときは、各組合員は、いつでも脱退することができる。ただし、やむを得ない事由がある場合を除き、組合に不利な時期に脱退することができない。 art-678/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-678/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-678/par-1 If a partnership contract does not specify the duration of the partnership, or specifies that the partnership is to continue for the life of a certain partner, each partner may withdraw at any time; provided, however, that unless there is a compelling reason to do so, a partner may not withdraw at a time that is detrimental to the partnership. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 組合の存続期間を定めた場合であっても、各組合員は、やむを得ない事由があるときは、脱退することができる。 art-678/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-678/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-678/par-2 Even if the duration of the partnership is specified, each partner may withdraw if there is a compelling reason to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百七十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-679/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-679/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