# 民法 / Civil Code — 第百十四条 (Article 114)

- 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: 第百十四条 (Article 114)（無権代理の相手方の催告権） — address `art-114`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-114
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-114
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### 第百十四条（無権代理の相手方の催告権） — (Right to Demand of Counterparty of Unauthorized Agency)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-114</sup>

    **第一項**  前条の場合において、相手方は、本人に対し、相当の期間を定めて、その期間内に追認をするかどうかを確答すべき旨の催告をすることができる。この場合において、本人がその期間内に確答をしないときは、追認を拒絶したものとみなす。
    <sup>art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-114/par-1</sup>
    In the case referred to in the preceding Article, the counterparty may demand, by specifying a reasonable period of time, that the principal give a definite answer on whether or not the principal will ratify within that period of time. In this case, if the principal fails to give a definite answer within that period, the principal is deemed to have refused to ratify.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-114/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-113

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第百十八条第一項（単独行為の無権代理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-118/par-1

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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 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