# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（婚姻に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-59/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条（婚姻に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Marriage caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3 **第一項** 施行日前にした婚姻の取消し（女が適齢に達していないことを理由とするものに限る。）については、新法第七百三十一条及び第七百四十五条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-1 With regard to the cancellation of a marriage made before the Effective Date (limited to one on the ground that the woman had not attained the marriageable age), notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 731 and 745 of the New Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際に十六歳以上十八歳未満の女は、新法第七百三十一条の規定にかかわらず、婚姻をすることができる。 suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 A woman aged 16 or more and less than 18 at the time of the enforcement of this Act may marry, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 731 of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定による婚姻については、旧法第七百三十七条、第七百四十条（旧法第七百四十一条において準用する場合を含む。）及び第七百五十三条の規定は、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-3 With regard to a marriage pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 737, Article 740 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 741 of the Former Act), and Article 753 of the Former Act remain in force. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-1: 新法第七百三十一条 → 民法 第七百三十一条 (Article 731), art-731 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-731 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-731 - suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-1: 第七百四十五条 → 民法 第七百四十五条 (Article 745), art-745 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-745 - suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2: 新法第七百三十一条 → 民法 第七百三十一条 (Article 731), art-731 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-731 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-731 - suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 民法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第二条第三項（成年に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-2/par-3 - 民法 附則第三条第三項（婚姻に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-59/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-59/art-3/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-20261011T170941-023, translated 2026-10-12 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-024, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11