# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3541-68/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3541-68/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3541-68/art-4
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### 第四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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

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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-20261011T170941-014, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11