# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27) — address `suppl-3221-222/art-27` - 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-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条 suppl-3221-222/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27 **第一項** 第二十五条第二項本文の場合を除いて、日本国憲法公布の日以後に戸主の死亡による家督相続が開始した場合には、新法によれば共同相続人となるはずであつた者は、家督相続人に対して相続財産の一部の分配を請求することができる。 suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 Except in the case under the main clause of Article 25, paragraph (2) of these Supplementary Provisions, if succession to headship due to the death of the head of a household opens on or after the date of promulgation of The Constitution of Japan, a person who would have become a coheir under the New Act may demand that the successor to the headship distribute part of the estate. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による相続財産の分配について、当事者間に協議が調わないとき、又は協議をすることができないときは、当事者は、家事審判所に対し協議に代わる処分を請求することができる。但し、新法施行の日から一年を経過したときは、この限りでない。 suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 If an agreement is not reached between the parties concerning distribution of the estate under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or if discussions cannot be held, a party may request a disposition in lieu of discussions from the family affairs tribunal; provided, however, that this does not apply once one year has passed from the date the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の場合には、家事審判所は、相続財産の状態、分配を受ける者の員数及び資力、被相続人の生前行為又は遺言によつて財産の分配を受けたかどうかその他一切の事情を考慮して、分配をさせるべきかどうか並びに分配の額及び方法を定める。 suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family affairs tribunal determines whether a distribution is to be made and the amount and method of the distribution, in consideration of the condition of the estate, the number and financial resources of the persons receiving the distribution, whether they received property by an act of the decedent during the decedent's lifetime or by will, and all other circumstances. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1: 第二十五条第二項 → 民法 附則第二十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 25, paragraph (2)), suppl-3221-222/art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-25/par-2 - suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2: 前項 → 民法 附則第二十七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-1 - suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3: 前項 → 民法 附則第二十七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27, paragraph (2)), suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第二十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-26/par-2 - 民法 附則第二十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-2 - 民法 附則第二十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-27/par-3 - 民法 附則第二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-28/par-1 - 民法 附則第十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3231-260/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3231-260/art-19/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 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