# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百七十六条の八 (Article 876-8) - 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: 第八百七十六条の八 (Article 876-8)（補助監督人） — address `art-876-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-8 - 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. --- ### 第八百七十六条の八（補助監督人） — (Assistant Supervisors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-876-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-8 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、被補助人、その親族若しくは補助人の請求により又は職権で、補助監督人を選任することができる。 art-876-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-8/par-1 The family court may appoint an assistant supervisor if it finds this to be necessary, at the request of the person under assistance, the relative thereof, the assistant, or sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第六百四十四条、第六百五十四条、第六百五十五条、第八百四十三条第四項、第八百四十四条、第八百四十六条、第八百四十七条、第八百五十条、第八百五十一条、第八百五十九条の二、第八百五十九条の三、第八百六十一条第二項及び第八百六十二条の規定は、補助監督人について準用する。この場合において、第八百五十一条第四号中「被後見人を代表する」とあるのは、「被補助人を代表し、又は被補助人がこれをすることに同意する」と読み替えるものとする。 art-876-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-8/par-2 The provisions of Article 644; Article 654; Article 655; Article 843, paragraph (4); Article 844; Article 846; Article 847; Article 850; Article 851; Article 859-2; Article 859-3; Article 861, paragraph (2); and Article 862 apply mutatis mutandis to an assistant supervisor. In this case, the phrase "to represent the ward with respect to" in Article 851, item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "to represent the person under assistance, or consent to the person under assistance acting, with respect to". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-876-8/par-2: 第六百四十四条 → 民法 第六百四十四条 (Article 644), art-644 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644 - art-876-8/par-2: 第六百五十四条 → 民法 第六百五十四条 (Article 654), art-654 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-654 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-654 - art-876-8/par-2: 第六百五十五条 → 民法 第六百五十五条 (Article 655), art-655 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-655 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-655 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百四十三条第四項 → 民法 第八百四十三条第四項 (Article 843, paragraph (4)), art-843/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-4 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百四十四条 → 民法 第八百四十四条 (Article 844), art-844 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-844 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-844 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百四十六条 → 民法 第八百四十六条 (Article 846), art-846 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-846 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-846 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百四十七条 → 民法 第八百四十七条 (Article 847), art-847 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-847 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-847 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百五十条 → 民法 第八百五十条 (Article 850), art-850 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-850 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-850 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百五十一条 → 民法 第八百五十一条 (Article 851), art-851 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-851 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-851 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百五十九条の二 → 民法 第八百五十九条の二 (Article 859-2), art-859-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-859-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-859-2 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百五十九条の三 → 民法 第八百五十九条の三 (Article 859-3), art-859-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-859-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-859-3 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百六十一条第二項 → 民法 第八百六十一条第二項 (Article 861, paragraph (2)), art-861/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-861/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-861/par-2 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百六十二条 → 民法 第八百六十二条 (Article 862), art-862 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-862 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-862 - art-876-8/par-2: 第八百五十一条第四号 → 民法 第八百五十一条第一項第四号 (Article 851, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-851/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-851/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-851/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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