# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百九十九条 (Article 999) - 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: 第九百九十九条 (Article 999)（遺贈の物上代位） — address `art-999` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-999 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-999 - 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. --- ### 第九百九十九条（遺贈の物上代位） — (Extension of a Security Interest to the Proceeds of a Legacy) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-999 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-999 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-999 **第一項** 遺言者が、遺贈の目的物の滅失若しくは変造又はその占有の喪失によって第三者に対して償金を請求する権利を有するときは、その権利を遺贈の目的としたものと推定する。 art-999/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-999/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-999/par-1 If the testator has the right to claim compensation from a third party because of the loss, alteration, or loss of possession of the object of a legacy, that right is presumed to have been made the object of the legacy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 遺贈の目的物が、他の物と付合し、又は混和した場合において、遺言者が第二百四十三条から第二百四十五条までの規定により合成物又は混和物の単独所有者又は共有者となったときは、その全部の所有権又は持分を遺贈の目的としたものと推定する。 art-999/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-999/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-999/par-2 If accession or mixture has arisen in respect of the object of a legacy and another thing and the testator has become the sole owner or a co-owner of the thing formed by accession or mixture pursuant to the provisions of Articles 243 through 245, full ownership of that thing or the testator's share therein is presumed to have been made the object of the legacy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-999/par-2: 第二百四十三条から第二百四十五条まで → 民法 第二百四十三条 (Article 243), art-243 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-243 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-243 - art-999/par-2: 第二百四十三条から第二百四十五条まで → 民法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-244 - art-999/par-2: 第二百四十三条から第二百四十五条まで → 民法 第二百四十五条 (Article 245), art-245 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-245 --- ## 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