# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百四十七条 (Article 947) - 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: 第九百四十七条 (Article 947)（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — address `art-947` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947 - 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. --- ### 第九百四十七条（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — (Making Payment and Delivery to Creditors of the Succession and Legatees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-947 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947 **第一項** 相続人は、第九百四十一条第一項及び第二項の期間の満了前には、相続債権者及び受遺者に対して弁済を拒むことができる。 art-947/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-1 An heir may refuse to make payment or delivery to a creditor of the succession or legatee before the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財産分離の請求があったときは、相続人は、第九百四十一条第二項の期間の満了後に、相続財産をもって、財産分離の請求又は配当加入の申出をした相続債権者及び受遺者に、それぞれその債権額の割合に応じて弁済をしなければならない。ただし、優先権を有する債権者の権利を害することはできない。 art-947/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-2 If a request has been filed for a separation of patrimony, after the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (2), the heir must make payment or delivery to the creditors of the succession and legatees that have requested the separation of patrimony or petitioned to participate in the distribution, out of the assets of the estate, in proportion to the amount of each of their claims; provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of any creditor with a right of priority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条までの規定は、前項の場合について準用する。 art-947/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-3 The provisions of Article 930 through Article 934 apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-947/par-1: 第九百四十一条第一項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第一項 (Article 941, paragraph (1)), art-941/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-1 - art-947/par-1: 第二項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第二項 (Article 941, paragraph (2)), art-941/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2 - art-947/par-2: 第九百四十一条第二項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第二項 (Article 941, paragraph (2)), art-941/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2 - art-947/par-3: 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条まで → 民法 第九百三十条 (Article 930), art-930 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-930 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-930 - art-947/par-3: 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条まで → 民法 第九百三十一条 (Article 931), art-931 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-931 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-931 - art-947/par-3: 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条まで → 民法 第九百三十二条 (Article 932), art-932 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-932 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-932 - art-947/par-3: 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条まで → 民法 第九百三十三条 (Article 933), art-933 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-933 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-933 - art-947/par-3: 第九百三十条から第九百三十四条まで → 民法 第九百三十四条 (Article 934), art-934 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934 - art-947/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第九百四十七条第二項 (Article 947, paragraph (2)), art-947/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百四十七条第三項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-3 --- ## 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