# 民法 / Civil Code — 第千二条 (Article 1002)

- 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: 第千二条 (Article 1002)（負担付遺贈） — address `art-1002`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1002
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1002
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### 第千二条（負担付遺贈） — (Conditioned Legacy)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1002 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1002 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1002</sup>

    **第一項**  負担付遺贈を受けた者は、遺贈の目的の価額を超えない限度においてのみ、負担した義務を履行する責任を負う。
    <sup>art-1002/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1002/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1002/par-1</sup>
    A person receiving a conditioned legacy is only liable for the performance of the obligations so borne up to the limit of the value of the object of the legacy.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  受遺者が遺贈の放棄をしたときは、負担の利益を受けるべき者は、自ら受遺者となることができる。ただし、遺言者がその遺言に別段の意思を表示したときは、その意思に従う。
    <sup>art-1002/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1002/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1002/par-2</sup>
    If a legatee renounces the legacy, the person who would have benefitted by the burden may personally become a legatee; provided, however, that if the testator manifests different intention by will, that intention prevails.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11