# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)

- 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（外国人の抵当権に関する法律等の廃止） — address `suppl-4151-134/art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十五条（外国人の抵当権に関する法律等の廃止） — Repeal of the Act on Mortgages of Foreign Nationals, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる法律は、廃止する。
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1</sup>
The following Acts are repealed:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  外国人の抵当権に関する法律（明治三十二年法律第六十七号）
  <sup>suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Act on Mortgages of Foreign Nationals (Act No. 67 of 1899);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  金融機関等が有する根抵当権により担保される債権の譲渡の円滑化のための臨時措置に関する法律（平成十年法律第百二十七号）
  <sup>suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-15/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Act on Temporary Measures for Facilitating the Assignment of Claims Secured by Revolving Mortgages Held by Financial Institutions, etc. (Act No. 127 of 1998).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261011T170941-017, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11