# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2)

- 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: 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2) — address `art-32-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-32-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-32-2
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### 第三十二条の二
<sup>art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-32-2</sup>

    **第一項**  数人の者が死亡した場合において、そのうちの一人が他の者の死亡後になお生存していたことが明らかでないときは、これらの者は、同時に死亡したものと推定する。
    <sup>art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-32-2/par-1</sup>
    If more than one person dies and it is unclear whether one of them was still alive after the death of another, it is presumed that they all died at the same time.
    <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