# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百二十六条 (Article 826) - 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: 第八百二十六条 (Article 826)（利益相反行為） — address `art-826` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-826 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-826 - 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. --- ### 第八百二十六条（利益相反行為） — (Conflict of Interest) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-826 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-826 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-826 **第一項** 親権を行う父又は母とその子との利益が相反する行為については、親権を行う者は、その子のために特別代理人を選任することを家庭裁判所に請求しなければならない。 art-826/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-826/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-826/par-1 If an action involves a conflict of interest between the father or mother exercising parental authority and the child, the person exercising parental authority must request the family court to appoint a special agent for the child in respect of that action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 親権を行う者が数人の子に対して親権を行う場合において、その一人と他の子との利益が相反する行為については、親権を行う者は、その一方のために特別代理人を選任することを家庭裁判所に請求しなければならない。 art-826/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-826/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-826/par-2 If a person exercising parental authority exercises such authority over more than one child, the person exercising parental authority must request the family court to appoint a special agent for one of the children with respect to an action that involves a conflict of interest between one child and the other child or children. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百六十条第一項（利益相反行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-860/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-860/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