# Rescission (取消し, とりけし) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/rescission. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Rights, roles and legal effects - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/rescission - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/rescission - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23 Undoing a legal act, such as an offer or acceptance of a contract (意思表示, a manifestation of intention), that the law says may be rescinded: for example one made through an important mistake, though a mistake about the circumstances behind the act only if it had been made clear that they were its basis, and as a rule not where the person was grossly careless (Civil Code, Article 95), or one made under fraud or duress, though fraud by a third party only if the other party knew of it or could have known (Article 96), or one a minor made without the consent of their legal representative (Article 5, paragraph (2)). Once rescinded, the act is treated as void from the start (Article 121). Only the person who made it, their representative or successor, or someone whose consent it needed may rescind it (Article 120). The right is lost if not used within five years from when the act could be confirmed — once the mistake, fraud or other cause has ended and the person knows they can rescind (Article 124) — or twenty years from the act (Article 126). It is lost sooner if the person confirms the act, and once it could be confirmed, performing it or demanding performance without reserving objections counts as confirming it (Articles 122 and 125). The Consumer Contract Act adds grounds of its own, such as a business telling the consumer something untrue about an important matter when soliciting the contract, where the consumer believed it and made the contract because of it (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), and gives most of them a shorter time: one year from when the act could be confirmed, and five years from the contract (Article 7, paragraph (1)). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Civil Code, Arts. 5, 95, 96, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code - [Consumer Contract Act, Arts. 4, 7](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/412AC0000000061) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act ## Where the laws use it 9 laws in force use it in this sense, in 73 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Civil Code (民法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code): 34 provisions, among them [Article 5](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-5), [Article 9](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-9), [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-13) - [Companies Act (会社法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act): 13 provisions, among them [Article 33](https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33), [Article 51](https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-51), [Article 58](https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-58) - [Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (特定商取引に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act): 9 provisions, among them [Article 9-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-9-3), [Article 15-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-15-4), [Article 24-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-24-3) - [Consumer Contract Act (消費者契約法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act): 6 provisions, among them [Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-1), [Article 4](https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-4), [Article 6-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-6-2) - [Income Tax Act (所得税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 151-6](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-151-6), [Article 159](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-159), [Article 160](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-160) - [Act on General Rules for National Taxes (国税通則法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 58](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-58), [Article 71](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-71) - [Local Tax Act (地方税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 17-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-17-4), [Article 17-6](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-17-6) - [Inheritance Tax Act (相続税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 32](https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/art-32), [Article 33-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/art-33-2) - [Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (金融商品取引法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 101-15](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-15), [Article 101-16](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-16) ## Related - [Void (無効, むこう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/void) - [Juridical act (法律行為, ほうりつこうい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/juridical-act) - [Manifestation of intention (意思表示, いしひょうじ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/manifestation-of-intention) - [National Tax Tribunal (国税不服審判所, こくぜいふふくしんぱんしょ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/national-tax-tribunal) - [Administrative Complaint Review Board (行政不服審査会, ぎょうせいふふくしんさかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/administrative-complaint-review-board) - [Industrial accident compensation insurance examiner (労働者災害補償保険審査官, ろうどうしゃさいがいほしょうほけんしんさかん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/industrial-accident-insurance-examiner) - [Employment insurance examiner (雇用保険審査官, こようほけんしんさかん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/employment-insurance-examiner) - [Medical Ethics Council (医道審議会, いどうしんぎかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/medical-ethics-council) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (9 records)