# 民法 / Civil Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3541-68` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和五四年一二月二〇日法律第六八号 suppl-3541-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3541-68/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-3541-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 6 months have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（法人の設立許可の取消し等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Cancellation of Permission for Establishment of Juridical Persons, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3541-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-2 **第一項** この法律による改正後の民法第七十一条及び民法施行法第二十三条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、改正前の当該規定によつて生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3541-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 71 of the Civil Code as amended by this Act and of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act for Enforcement of the Civil Code also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude the effect that arose under the provisions before the amendment. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（法人の解散の登記に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Registration of Dissolution of Juridical Persons caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3541-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行前に主務官庁が設立許可を取り消し、又は解散を命じた法人の解散の登記に関しては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3541-68/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-3/par-1 With respect to the registration of dissolution of a juridical person for which the competent government agency revoked the permission for establishment or ordered dissolution before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3541-68/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び前条の規定により従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3541-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-4/par-1 With respect to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the preceding Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3541-68/art-4/par-1: 前条 → 民法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-3541-68/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第四条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-4/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-20261011T170941-014, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11