# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百十六条 (Article 216)

- 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: 第二百十六条 (Article 216)（水流に関する工作物の修繕等） — address `art-216`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百十六条（水流に関する工作物の修繕等） — (Repairs of Structures Related to Streams)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-216 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-216 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-216</sup>

      **第一項**  他の土地に貯水、排水又は引水のために設けられた工作物の破壊又は閉塞により、自己の土地に損害が及び、又は及ぶおそれがある場合には、その土地の所有者は、当該他の土地の所有者に、工作物の修繕若しくは障害の除去をさせ、又は必要があるときは予防工事をさせることができる。
      <sup>art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-216/par-1</sup>
      If a land suffers or is likely to suffer damage due to destruction or blockage of a structure installed on other land to store, discharge or draw water, the owner of that land may have the owner of that other land repair the structure or remove the impediments, or, if necessary, have the same carry out preventive construction work.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 民法 第二百十七条第一項（費用の負担についての慣習） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-217/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