# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)

- 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15) — address `suppl-3221-222/art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-15
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### 第十五条
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  応急措置法施行前に、親権を行う母が、旧法第八百八十六条の規定に違反してし、又は同意を与えた行為は、これを取り消すことができない。
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-15/par-1</sup>
An act that a mother exercising parental authority did, or to which she gave consent, in violation of the provisions of Article 886 of the Former Act before the Emergency Measures Act came into effect may not be rescinded.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-012, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11