# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)

- 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: 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)（永小作権に関する慣習） — address `art-277`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-277
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-277
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### 第二百七十七条（永小作権に関する慣習） — (Customs Regarding Farming Rights)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-277</sup>

  **第一項**  第二百七十一条から前条までの規定と異なる慣習があるときは、その慣習に従う。
  <sup>art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-277/par-1</sup>
  If there are customs that differ from the provisions of Article 271 through the preceding Article, those customs prevail.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十一条 (Article 271), art-271 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-271 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-271
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十二条 (Article 272), art-272 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-272 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-272
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十三条 (Article 273), art-273 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-273
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十四条 (Article 274), art-274 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-274 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-274
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十五条 (Article 275), art-275 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-275 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-275
- art-277/par-1: 第二百七十一条から前条まで → 民法 第二百七十六条 (Article 276), art-276 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-276

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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