# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百三十九条 (Article 739) - 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: 第七百三十九条 (Article 739)（婚姻の届出） — address `art-739` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739 - 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. --- ### 第七百三十九条（婚姻の届出） — (Application to Register a Marriage) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739 **第一項** 婚姻は、戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）の定めるところにより届け出ることによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739/par-1 A marriage becomes valid when an application to register the marriage is filed pursuant to the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の届出は、当事者双方及び成年の証人二人以上が署名した書面で、又はこれらの者から口頭で、しなければならない。 art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739/par-2 The application referred to in the preceding paragraph must be filed using a paper document bearing the signatures of both parties and no fewer than two adult witnesses, or must be filed orally by these persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-739/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第七百三十九条第一項 (Article 739, paragraph (1)), art-739/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第七百三十九条第二項（婚姻の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739/par-2 - 民法 第七百四十条第一項（婚姻の届出の受理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-740/par-1 - 民法 第七百四十一条第一項（外国に在る日本人間の婚姻の方式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-741/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-741/par-1 - 民法 第七百四十二条第一項第二号（婚姻の無効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-742/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-742/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第七百六十四条第一項（婚姻の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-764/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-764/par-1 - 民法 第七百六十五条第一項（離婚の届出の受理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-765/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-765/par-1 - 民法 第七百九十九条第一項（婚姻の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-799/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-799/par-1 - 民法 第八百一条第一項（外国に在る日本人間の縁組の方式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-801/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-801/par-1 - 民法 第八百二条第一項第二号（縁組の無効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-802/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-802/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第八百十二条第一項（婚姻の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-812/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-812/par-1 - 民法 第八百十三条第一項（離縁の届出の受理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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