# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11)

- 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: 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11)（債権を目的とする質権の対抗要件に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4291-44/art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十一条（債権を目的とする質権の対抗要件に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Requirements for Perfection of Pledges over Claims
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に設定契約が締結された債権を目的とする質権の対抗要件については、新法第三百六十四条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-11/par-1</sup>
With regard to the requirements for perfection of a pledge over a claim for which the contract of creation was concluded before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 364 of the New Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4291-44/art-11/par-1: 新法第三百六十四条 → 民法 第三百六十四条 (Article 364), art-364 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-364 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-364

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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-20261011T170941-021, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11