# 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-4161-76` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76 - 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 平成一六年六月二日法律第七六号 suppl-4161-76 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-76/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、破産法（平成十六年法律第七十五号。次条第八項並びに附則第三条第八項、第五条第八項、第十六項及び第二十一項、第八条第三項並びに第十三条において「新破産法」という。）の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-4161-76/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Bankruptcy Act (Act No. 75 of 2004; referred to as "the new Bankruptcy Act" in paragraph (8) of the following Article and in Article 3, paragraph (8), Article 5, paragraphs (8), (16) and (21), Article 8, paragraph (3), and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第七条（民法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Civil Code caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-76/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-7 **第一項** 施行日前にされた破産の申立て又は施行日前に職権でされた破産の宣告に係る破産事件については、第六条の規定による改正後の民法第二百七十六条、第六百二十一条及び第六百四十二条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1 With respect to a bankruptcy case pertaining to a petition for bankruptcy filed before the Effective Date or a declaration of bankruptcy made sua sponte before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 276, 621 and 642, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code as amended pursuant to the provisions of Article 6. machine translation, not official ### 第十二条（罰則の適用等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Application of Penal Provisions and Other Matters caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-76/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-12 **第一項** 施行日前にした行為並びに附則第二条第一項、第三条第一項、第四条、第五条第一項、第九項、第十七項、第十九項及び第二十一項並びに第六条第一項及び第三項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以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-4161-76/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date and to acts committed on or after the Effective Date in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 3, paragraph (1), Article 4, Article 5, paragraphs (1), (9), (17), (19) and (21), and Article 6, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第十四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-76/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-14 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4161-76/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-14/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1: 民法第二百七十六条 → 民法 第二百七十六条 (Article 276), art-276 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-276 - suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1: 第六百二十一条 → 民法 第六百二十一条 (Article 621), art-621 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-621 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-621 - suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1: 第六百四十二条第二項 → 民法 第六百四十二条第三項 (Article 642, paragraph (3)), art-642/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-642/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-018, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11