# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百四十八条 (Article 748) - 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: 第七百四十八条 (Article 748)（婚姻の取消しの効力） — address `art-748` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-748 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-748 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十八条（婚姻の取消しの効力） — (Effect of Cancellation of a Marriage) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-748 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-748 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-748 **第一項** 婚姻の取消しは、将来に向かってのみその効力を生ずる。 art-748/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-748/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-748/par-1 The cancellation of a marriage has only prospective effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 婚姻の時においてその取消しの原因があることを知らなかった当事者が、婚姻によって財産を得たときは、現に利益を受けている限度において、その返還をしなければならない。 art-748/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-748/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-748/par-2 A party who did not know of the grounds to cancel at the time of marriage must make restitution for property gained as a result of the marriage, to the extent of the benefit that that party retains. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 婚姻の時においてその取消しの原因があることを知っていた当事者は、婚姻によって得た利益の全部を返還しなければならない。この場合において、相手方が善意であったときは、これに対して損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-748/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-748/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-748/par-3 A party who had knowledge of the grounds to cancel at the time of marriage must make restitution for all benefits obtained as a result of the marriage. In such a case, the party with knowledge is liable to compensate the other party for damage if the other party entered into the marriage in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百八条第一項（婚姻の取消し等の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-808/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-808/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