# 民法 / Civil Code — 第千十三条 (Article 1013) - 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: 第千十三条 (Article 1013)（遺言の執行の妨害行為の禁止） — address `art-1013` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第千十三条（遺言の執行の妨害行為の禁止） — (Prohibition of Interference with the Execution of Will) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1013 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013 **第一項** 遺言執行者がある場合には、相続人は、相続財産の処分その他遺言の執行を妨げるべき行為をすることができない。 art-1013/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-1 If there is an executor, it is not permissible for an heir to dispose of the estate or to take any other action that interferes with the execution of the will. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定に違反してした行為は、無効とする。ただし、これをもって善意の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-1013/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-2 An act done in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph is void; provided, however, that this may not be duly asserted against a third party in good faith. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定は、相続人の債権者（相続債権者を含む。）が相続財産についてその権利を行使することを妨げない。 art-1013/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude a creditor of an heir (including a creditor of the succession) from exercising that creditor's rights with respect to the estate. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-1013/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第千十三条第一項 (Article 1013, paragraph (1)), art-1013/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-1 - art-1013/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第千十三条第一項 (Article 1013, paragraph (1)), art-1013/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-1 - art-1013/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第千十三条第二項 (Article 1013, paragraph (2)), art-1013/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第千十三条第二項（遺言の執行の妨害行為の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-2 - 民法 第千十三条第三項（遺言の執行の妨害行為の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1013/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1013/par-3 - 民法 第千十四条第一項（特定財産に関する遺言の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1014/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1014/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-008, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11