# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百六十四条 (Article 764)

- 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: 第七百六十四条 (Article 764)（婚姻の規定の準用） — address `art-764`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百六十四条（婚姻の規定の準用） — (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Marriage Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-764 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-764 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-764</sup>

      **第一項**  第七百三十八条、第七百三十九条及び第七百四十七条の規定は、協議上の離婚について準用する。
      <sup>art-764/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-764/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-764/par-1</sup>
      The provisions of Articles 738, 739, and 747 apply mutatis mutandis to a divorce by agreement.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-764/par-1: 第七百三十八条 → 民法 第七百三十八条 (Article 738), art-738 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-738 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-738
- art-764/par-1: 第七百三十九条 → 民法 第七百三十九条 (Article 739), art-739 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739
- art-764/par-1: 第七百四十七条 → 民法 第七百四十七条 (Article 747), art-747 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-747 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-747

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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