# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)
- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（新法の適用の制限） — address `suppl-3461-99/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三条（新法の適用の制限） — Limitation on Application of the New Act
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suppl-3461-99/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3
**第一項** 旧根抵当権で、極度額についての定めが新法の規定に適合していないもの又は附記によらない極度額の増額の登記があるものについては、その極度額の変更、新法第三百九十八条の四の規定による担保すべき債権の範囲又は債務者の変更、新法第三百九十八条の十二の規定による根抵当権の譲渡、新法第三百九十八条の十三の規定による根抵当権の一部譲渡及び新法第三百九十八条の十四第一項ただし書の規定による定めは、することができない。
suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1
With regard to a former revolving mortgage whose provision on the maximum amount does not conform to the provisions of the New Act or for which registration of an increase of the maximum amount has been made otherwise than by annotation, a change of the maximum amount, a change of the scope of the claims to be secured or of the obligor under the provisions of Article 398-4 of the New Act, an assignment of a revolving mortgage under the provisions of Article 398-12 of the New Act, a partial assignment of a revolving mortgage under the provisions of Article 398-13 of the New Act, and a provision under the proviso to Article 398-14, paragraph (1) of the New Act may not be made.
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**第二項** 前項の規定は、同項に規定する旧根抵当権以外の旧根抵当権で、旧法第三百七十五条第一項の規定による処分がされているものについて準用する。ただし、極度額の変更及び新法第三百九十八条の十二第二項の規定による根抵当権の譲渡をすることは、妨げない。
suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a former revolving mortgage other than the former revolving mortgage prescribed in that paragraph for which a disposition has been made under the provisions of Article 375, paragraph (1) of the Former Act; provided, however, that this does not preclude a change of the maximum amount or an assignment of a revolving mortgage under the provisions of Article 398-12, paragraph (2) of the New Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三百九十八条の四 → 民法 第三百九十八条の四 (Article 398-4), art-398-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-4
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三百九十八条の十二 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十二 (Article 398-12), art-398-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三百九十八条の十三 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十三 (Article 398-13), art-398-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-13
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1: 新法第三百九十八条の十四第一項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十四第一項 (Article 398-14, paragraph (1)), art-398-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-14/par-1
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 民法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1
- suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2: 新法第三百九十八条の十二第二項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十二第二項 (Article 398-12, paragraph (2)), art-398-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-2
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 民法 附則第三条第二項（新法の適用の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2
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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-20261011T170941-013, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11