# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十四条の十二 (Article 264-12) - 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: 第二百六十四条の十二 (Article 264-12)（管理不全土地管理人の解任及び辞任） — address `art-264-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-12 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十四条の十二（管理不全土地管理人の解任及び辞任） — (Dismissal and Resignation of an Administrator of Mismanaged Land) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-264-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-12 **第一項** 管理不全土地管理人がその任務に違反して管理不全土地等に著しい損害を与えたことその他重要な事由があるときは、裁判所は、利害関係人の請求により、管理不全土地管理人を解任することができる。 art-264-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-12/par-1 If an administrator of mismanaged land has caused extreme damage to mismanaged land, etc. in violation of the administrator's duties, or if there are other important reasons, the court may dismiss the administrator of mismanaged land, upon the request of an interested person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 管理不全土地管理人は、正当な事由があるときは、裁判所の許可を得て、辞任することができる。 art-264-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-12/par-2 An administrator of mismanaged land may resign with the permission of the court when there are justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百六十四条の十四第四項（管理不全建物管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-14/par-4 --- ## 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