# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二条 (Article 402) - 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: 第四百二条 (Article 402)（金銭債権） — address `art-402` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402 - 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. --- ### 第四百二条（金銭債権） — (Monetary Claim) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-402 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402 **第一項** 債権の目的物が金銭であるときは、債務者は、その選択に従い、各種の通貨で弁済をすることができる。ただし、特定の種類の通貨の給付を債権の目的としたときは、この限りでない。 art-402/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-1 If the subject matter of a claim is money, the obligor, at the obligor's own choice, may make the payment in currency of any kind; provided, however, that this does not apply to if the delivery of a specific kind of currency is the subject of the claim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債権の目的物である特定の種類の通貨が弁済期に強制通用の効力を失っているときは、債務者は、他の通貨で弁済をしなければならない。 art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-2 If the specific kind of currency that is the subject matter of the claim has lost its mandatory circulating power at the time of the payment, the obligor must make payment in other currency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、外国の通貨の給付を債権の目的とした場合について準用する。 art-402/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis if the delivery of the currency of a foreign state is the subject of the claim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-402/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百二条第一項 (Article 402, paragraph (1)), art-402/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-1 - art-402/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百二条第二項 (Article 402, paragraph (2)), art-402/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百二条第三項（金銭債権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-402/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-402/par-3 - 民法 第五百九十二条第一項（価額の償還） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-592/par-1 --- ## 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