# 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-4031-79` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79 - 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 平成三年五月二一日法律第七九号 suppl-4031-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4031-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items: machine translation, not official **一から四まで** 略 suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 Omitted machine translation, not official **五** 第六条から第二十一条まで、第二十五条及び第三十四条並びに附則第八条から第十三条までの規定　公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1/item-5 the provisions of Articles 6 through 21, 25 and 34, and Articles 8 through 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation machine translation, not official ### 第六条（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Other Dispositions, Applications, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4031-79/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-6 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）でこの法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。 suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1 A disposition such as a permission or other act carried out before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in the following Article) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act"), or an application for a permission or other act actually made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), for which the person who is to carry out the administrative affairs pertaining to that act will differ as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, is, except as provided for in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts after amendment (including orders based on them), deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment, with regard to the application of the respective Acts after amendment on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4031-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び附則第二条第一項の規定により従前の例によることとされる場合における第四条の規定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-4031-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-7/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after the provisions of Article 4 come into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1: 附則第一条 → 民法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4031-79/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-1 - suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1: この条 → 民法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4031-79/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-6 - suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1: 次条 → 民法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4031-79/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-7 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第六条第一項（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4031-79/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4031-79/art-6/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-20261011T170941-015, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11