# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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
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- Provision: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（根抵当権の元本の確定に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-134/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第六条（根抵当権の元本の確定に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Fixing of the Principal of Revolving Mortgages
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に旧民法第三百九十八条ノ二十第一項第一号に掲げる場合に該当して同項の規定により確定した根抵当権の担保すべき元本については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-6/par-1</sup>
With respect to the principal secured by a revolving mortgage that was fixed pursuant to Article 398-20, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date by falling under the case listed in item (i) of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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