# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百一条 (Article 901) - 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: 第九百一条 (Article 901)（代襲相続人の相続分） — address `art-901` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百一条（代襲相続人の相続分） — (Share of an Heir Taking per Stirpes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-901 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901 **第一項** 第八百八十七条第二項又は第三項の規定により相続人となる直系卑属の相続分は、その直系尊属が受けるべきであったものと同じとする。ただし、直系卑属が数人あるときは、その各自の直系尊属が受けるべきであった部分について、前条の規定に従ってその相続分を定める。 art-901/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901/par-1 The share in the decedent's estate of a lineal descendant who becomes an heir pursuant to the provisions of Article 887, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) is the same as the share that person's lineal ascendant would have received; provided, however, that if there are two or more such lineal descendants, their shares of the estate are determined in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、第八百八十九条第二項の規定により兄弟姉妹の子が相続人となる場合について準用する。 art-901/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if the child of a sibling becomes an heir pursuant to the provisions of Article 889, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-901/par-1: 第八百八十七条第二項 → 民法 第八百八十七条第二項 (Article 887, paragraph (2)), art-887/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-887/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-887/par-2 - art-901/par-1: 第三項 → 民法 第八百八十七条第三項 (Article 887, paragraph (3)), art-887/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-887/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-887/par-3 - art-901/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第九百条 (Article 900), art-900 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-900 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-900 - art-901/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百一条第一項 (Article 901, paragraph (1)), art-901/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901/par-1 - art-901/par-2: 第八百八十九条第二項 → 民法 第八百八十九条第二項 (Article 889, paragraph (2)), art-889/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-889/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-889/par-2 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第七十六条の二第二項（相続等による所有権の移転の登記の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-76-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-76-2/par-2 - 国税通則法 第五条第二項（相続による国税の納付義務の承継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000066/art-5/par-2 - 民法 第八百九十八条第二項（共同相続の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-898/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-898/par-2 - 民法 第八百九十九条の二第一項（共同相続における権利の承継の対抗要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-899-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-899-2/par-1 - 民法 第八百九十九条の二第二項（共同相続における権利の承継の対抗要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-899-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-899-2/par-2 - 民法 第九百一条第二項（代襲相続人の相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901/par-2 - 民法 第九百二条第一項（遺言による相続分の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-902/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902/par-1 - 民法 第九百二条第二項（遺言による相続分の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-902/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902/par-2 - 民法 第九百二条の二第一項（相続分の指定がある場合の債権者の権利の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-902-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902-2/par-1 - 民法 第九百三条第一項（特別受益者の相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-1 - 民法 第九百四条の二第一項（寄与分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-1 - 民法 第九百九条の二第一項（遺産の分割前における預貯金債権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-909-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-909-2/par-1 - 民法 第千四十二条第二項（遺留分の帰属及びその割合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1042/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1042/par-2 - 民法 第千四十六条第二項第二号（遺留分侵害額の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1046/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1046/par-2/item-2 - 民法 第千五十条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1050/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1050/par-5 - 相続税法 第十六条第一項（相続税の総額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/art-16/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