# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-3221-222/art-6`
- 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-6
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  応急措置法施行前にした隠居が旧法によつて取り消すことができる場合には、なお、旧法によつてこれを取り消すことができる。この場合には、旧法第七百六十条の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-6/par-1</sup>
Where a retirement of the head of a household effected before the Emergency Measures Act came into effect may be rescinded under the Former Act, it may still be rescinded under the Former Act. In this case, the provisions of Article 760 of the Former Act apply.
<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-20261011T170941-011, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11