# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)
- 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
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- Provision: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-3221-222/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九条
suppl-3221-222/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-9
**第一項** 新法第七百六十四条において準用する新法第七百四十七条第二項の期間は、当事者が、新法施行前に、詐欺を発見し、又は強迫を免かれた場合には、新法施行の日から、これを起算する。
suppl-3221-222/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-9/par-1
The period referred to in Article 747, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 764 of the New Act is counted from the day the New Act comes into effect, in the case where the party discovered the fraud or escaped from the duress before the New Act came into effect.
machine translation, not official
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 民法 附則第十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-13/par-1
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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