# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十三条 (Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（保佐人の同意を要する行為等） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十三条（保佐人の同意を要する行為等） — (Acts Requiring Consent of Curator) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13 **第一項** 被保佐人が次に掲げる行為をするには、その保佐人の同意を得なければならない。ただし、第九条ただし書に規定する行為については、この限りでない。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1 A person under curatorship must obtain the consent of the curator in order to perform any of the following acts; provided, however, that this does not apply to an act provided for in the proviso of Article 9: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 元本を領収し、又は利用すること。 art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-1 receiving or using principal; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 借財又は保証をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-2 borrowing money or guaranteeing an obligation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 不動産その他重要な財産に関する権利の得喪を目的とする行為をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-3 performing an act with the purpose of acquiring or losing any right regarding immovables or other significant property; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 訴訟行為をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-4 performing a procedural act; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 贈与、和解又は仲裁合意（仲裁法（平成十五年法律第百三十八号）第二条第一項に規定する仲裁合意をいう。）をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-5 giving a gift, reaching a settlement, or entering into an arbitration agreement (meaning an arbitration agreement as provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Arbitration Act (Act No. 138 of 2003)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 相続の承認若しくは放棄又は遺産の分割をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-6 accepting or renouncing a succession or dividing an estate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 贈与の申込みを拒絶し、遺贈を放棄し、負担付贈与の申込みを承諾し、又は負担付遺贈を承認すること。 art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-7 refusing an offer of a gift, renouncing a legacy, accepting an offer of gift with burden, or accepting a legacy with burden; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 新築、改築、増築又は大修繕をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-8 constructing a new building, renovating, expanding, or undertaking major repairs; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 第六百二条に定める期間を超える賃貸借をすること。 art-13/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-9 granting a lease for a term that exceeds the period stated in Article 602; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 前各号に掲げる行為を制限行為能力者（未成年者、成年被後見人、被保佐人及び第十七条第一項の審判を受けた被補助人をいう。以下同じ。）の法定代理人としてすること。 art-13/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-10 performing any of the acts stated in the preceding items as a legal representative of a person with qualified legal capacity (meaning a minor, adult ward, or person under curatorship or a person under assistantship who is subject to a decision referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1); the same applies below). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、第十一条本文に規定する者又は保佐人若しくは保佐監督人の請求により、被保佐人が前項各号に掲げる行為以外の行為をする場合であってもその保佐人の同意を得なければならない旨の審判をすることができる。ただし、第九条ただし書に規定する行為については、この限りでない。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-2 At the request of a person referred to in the main clause of Article 11 or the curator or curator's supervisor, the family court may decide that the person under curatorship must also obtain the consent of the curator before performing an act other than those stated in each of the items of the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to an act provided for in the proviso to Article 9. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為について、保佐人が被保佐人の利益を害するおそれがないにもかかわらず同意をしないときは、家庭裁判所は、被保佐人の請求により、保佐人の同意に代わる許可を与えることができる。 art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-3 If the curator does not consent to an act for which the person under curatorship must obtain the curator's consent even though it is unlikely to prejudice the interests of the person under curatorship, the family court may grant permission that operates in lieu of the curator's consent at the request of the person under curatorship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為であって、その同意又はこれに代わる許可を得ないでしたものは、取り消すことができる。 art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-4 An act for which the person under curatorship must obtain the curator's consent may be revoked if the person performs it without obtaining the curator's consent or a permission that operates in lieu of it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 第九条 → 民法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-9 - art-13/par-1/item-5: 仲裁法（平成十五年法律第百三十八号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 415AC0000000138, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-13/par-1/item-9: 第六百二条 → 民法 第六百二条 (Article 602), art-602 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-602 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第一号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-13/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-1 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第二号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第三号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-3 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第四号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-13/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-4 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第五号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-13/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-5 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第六号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-13/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-6 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第七号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-13/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-7 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第八号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-13/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-8 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 民法 第十三条第一項第九号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-13/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-9 - art-13/par-1/item-10: 第十七条第一項 → 民法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-17/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 第十一条 → 民法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-11 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 第九条 → 民法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-9 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. 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