# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百七十二条 (Article 372)

- 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: 第三百七十二条 (Article 372)（留置権等の規定の準用） — address `art-372`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-372
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-372
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### 第三百七十二条（留置権等の規定の準用） — (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions on Right of Retention)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-372 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-372 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-372</sup>

    **第一項**  第二百九十六条、第三百四条及び第三百五十一条の規定は、抵当権について準用する。
    <sup>art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-372/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Article 296, Article 304 and Article 351 apply mutatis mutandis to mortgages.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-372/par-1: 第二百九十六条 → 民法 第二百九十六条 (Article 296), art-296 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-296 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-296
- art-372/par-1: 第三百四条 → 民法 第三百四条 (Article 304), art-304 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304
- art-372/par-1: 第三百五十一条 → 民法 第三百五十一条 (Article 351), art-351 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-351

## Cited by

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

- 民法 第三百九十八条の二十第一項第一号（根抵当権の元本の確定事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-20/par-1/item-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