# 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 - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（相続財産の清算に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-24/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（相続財産の清算に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Liquidation of the Estate caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4 **第一項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、新民法第九百四十条第一項及び第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条までの規定の適用については、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 940, paragraph (1) and Articles 953 through 956 of the New Civil Code, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第三項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の管理人の選任の請求（施行日前に当該請求に係る審判が確定したものを除く。）は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の清算人の選任の請求とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 A request for the appointment of an administrator to the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date (excluding one for which the adjudication relating to that request became final and binding before the Effective Date) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a request for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第四項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により相続財産の管理人が選任された場合における当該相続財産の管理人の選任の公告、相続債権者及び受遺者に対する請求の申出をすべき旨の公告及び催告、相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済並びにその弁済のための相続財産の換価、相続債権者及び受遺者の換価手続への参加、不当な弁済をした相続財産の管理人の責任、相続人の捜索の公告、公告期間内に申出をしなかった相続債権者及び受遺者の権利並びに相続人としての権利を主張する者がない場合における相続人、相続債権者及び受遺者の権利については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 With regard to the public notice of the appointment of an administrator to the estate, the public notice and demand to the effect that creditors of the succession and legatees are to file their claims, the payment to creditors of the succession and legatees and the realization of the estate for that payment, the participation of creditors of the succession and legatees in the realization process, the liability of an administrator to the estate who made an improper payment, the public notice searching for heirs, the rights of creditors of the succession and legatees who did not file their claims within the public notice period, and the rights of heirs, creditors of the succession and legatees in the case where there is no person asserting rights as an heir, in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第五項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により相続財産の管理人が選任された場合における特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与については、新民法第九百五十八条の二第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 With regard to the distribution of the estate to a person with a special connection to the decedent in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 958-2, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Code, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1: 新民法第九百三十六条第一項 → 民法 第九百三十六条第一項 (Article 936, paragraph (1)), art-936/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-936/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-936/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 新民法第九百四十条第一項 → 民法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-940/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十三条 (Article 953), art-953 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-953 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-953 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十四条 (Article 954), art-954 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-954 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-954 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十五条 (Article 955), art-955 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-955 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十六条 (Article 956), art-956 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-956 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-956 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 新民法第九百五十二条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第一項 (Article 952, paragraph (1)), art-952/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3: 新民法第九百五十二条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第一項 (Article 952, paragraph (1)), art-952/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5: 新民法第九百五十八条の二第二項 → 民法 第九百五十八条の二第二項 (Article 958-2, paragraph (2)), art-958-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-958-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-958-2/par-2 --- ## 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-20261011T170941-026, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11