# Renumbered article (繰下げ・繰上げ, くりさげ・くりあげ)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/renumbered
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/renumbered
- Written by: AI, 2026-09-29

An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 条の枝番号と削除](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column043.htm)
- [Act on Land and Building Leases, as amended by Act No. 53 of 2023](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/403AC0000000090/20280613_505AC0000000053) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Amendment (改正, かいせい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/amendment)
- [Deleted (削除, さくじょ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/repealed)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (2026-09-29)