# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百四条 (Article 204)

- 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: 第二百四条 (Article 204)（代理占有権の消滅事由） — address `art-204`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204
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### 第二百四条（代理占有権の消滅事由） — (Grounds for Extinction of Agent's Possessory Rights)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204</sup>

    **第一項**  代理人によって占有をする場合には、占有権は、次に掲げる事由によって消滅する。
    <sup>art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204/par-1</sup>
    If a person possesses a thing through an agent, possessory rights are extinguished on the grounds stated below:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  本人が代理人に占有をさせる意思を放棄したこと。
      <sup>art-204/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204/par-1/item-1</sup>
      renunciation by the principal of intention to have agent possess;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  代理人が本人に対して以後自己又は第三者のために占有物を所持する意思を表示したこと。
      <sup>art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204/par-1/item-2</sup>
      manifestation of intention to the principal of an agent to hold the thing possessed on behalf of the agent itself or a third party; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  代理人が占有物の所持を失ったこと。
      <sup>art-204/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204/par-1/item-3</sup>
      the agent has lost direct control over the thing possessed.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  占有権は、代理権の消滅のみによっては、消滅しない。
    <sup>art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-204/par-2</sup>
    Possessory rights are not extinguished solely as a result of the extinction of the authority to represent.
    <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 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