# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（短期賃貸借に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-134/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五条（短期賃貸借に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Short-Term Leases
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に存する抵当不動産の賃貸借（この法律の施行後に更新されたものを含む。）のうち民法第六百二条に定める期間を超えないものであって当該抵当不動産の抵当権の登記後に対抗要件を備えたものに対する抵当権の効力については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-5/par-1</sup>
With respect to the effect of a mortgage on a lease of mortgaged immovables that actually exists when this Act comes into effect (including one renewed after this Act comes into effect) that does not exceed the period prescribed in Article 602 of the Civil Code and for which the requirement for perfection was satisfied after the registration of the mortgage on those mortgaged immovables, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-134/art-5/par-1: 民法第六百二条 → 民法 第六百二条 (Article 602), art-602 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-602

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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
