# 国家賠償法 / State Redress Act — 第四条 (Article 4)

- Law: 国家賠償法 (State Redress Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百二十五号
- English title "State Redress Act": 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 (Article 4) — address `art-4`
- Text in force since: 1947-10-27
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  国又は公共団体の損害賠償の責任については、前三条の規定によるの外、民法の規定による。
<sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-4/par-1</sup>
The State's or a public entity's responsibility to compensate for loss or damage is, in addition to being pursuant to the preceding three Articles, pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Code.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-4/par-1: 前三条 → 国家賠償法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-3
- art-4/par-1: 前三条 → 国家賠償法 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1
- art-4/par-1: 前三条 → 国家賠償法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国家賠償法 — the text in force from 1947-10-27 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000125/19471027_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — State Redress Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3785/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 163 — 国家賠償法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09