# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百五十五条 (Article 755)

- 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: 第七百五十五条 (Article 755)（夫婦の財産関係） — address `art-755`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百五十五条（夫婦の財産関係） — (Property Relations of Husband and Wife)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-755 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-755 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-755</sup>

      **第一項**  夫婦が、婚姻の届出前に、その財産について別段の契約をしなかったときは、その財産関係は、次款に定めるところによる。
      <sup>art-755/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-755/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-755/par-1</sup>
      Unless husband and wife enter into an agreement setting forth otherwise with regard to their property before filing the application to register the marriage, their property relations are as prescribed in the following subsection.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第七百五十九条第一項（財産の管理者の変更及び共有財産の分割の対抗要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-759/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-759/par-1

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## 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