# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（夫婦間における居住用不動産の遺贈又は贈与に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-72/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（夫婦間における居住用不動産の遺贈又は贈与に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Legacy or Gift of Real Estate Used as Residence Between Spouses
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新民法第九百三条第四項の規定は、施行日前にされた遺贈又は贈与については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 903, paragraph (4) of the New Civil Code do not apply to a legacy or gift made before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-72/art-4/par-1: 新民法第九百三条第四項 → 民法 第九百三条第四項 (Article 903, paragraph (4)), art-903/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-903/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-903/par-4

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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-20261011T170941-024, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11