# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（撤回された遺言の効力に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-72/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九条（撤回された遺言の効力に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Effect of a Revoked Will
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  第三号施行日前に撤回された遺言の効力については、新民法第千二十五条ただし書の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-9/par-1</sup>
With regard to the effect of a will that was revoked before the item (iii) Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the proviso to Article 1025 of the New Civil Code.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-72/art-9/par-1: 新民法第千二十五条 → 民法 第千二十五条 (Article 1025), art-1025 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1025 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1025

## 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

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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-20261011T170941-025, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
