# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（遺贈義務者の引渡義務等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-72/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（遺贈義務者の引渡義務等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Obligation of Person Obligated under a Legacy to Deliver, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-72/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-7 **第一項** 附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第三号施行日」という。）前にされた遺贈に係る遺贈義務者の引渡義務については、新民法第九百九十八条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-1 With regard to the obligation to deliver of a person obligated under a legacy relating to a legacy made before the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (referred to as the "item (iii) Effective Date" below), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 998 of the New Civil Code, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第一条の規定による改正前の民法第千条の規定は、第三号施行日前にされた第三者の権利の目的である財産の遺贈については、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-2 The provisions of Article 1000 of the Civil Code before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 remain in force with regard to a legacy of property that is the subject of a third party's right made before the item (iii) Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 民法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4301-72/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4301-72/art-7/par-1: 新民法第九百九十八条 → 民法 第九百九十八条 (Article 998), art-998 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-998 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-998 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261011T170941-024, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11