# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二十二条の二 (Article 422-2)

- 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: 第四百二十二条の二 (Article 422-2)（代償請求権） — address `art-422-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百二十二条の二（代償請求権） — (Right to Demand Substitute)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-422-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-422-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-422-2</sup>

      **第一項**  債務者が、その債務の履行が不能となったのと同一の原因により債務の目的物の代償である権利又は利益を取得したときは、債権者は、その受けた損害の額の限度において、債務者に対し、その権利の移転又はその利益の償還を請求することができる。
      <sup>art-422-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-422-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-422-2/par-1</sup>
      If the obligor acquires a right or profit as a substitute for the subject matter of the obligation due to the same cause as the one that has rendered the performance of the obligation impossible, the obligee may demand the transfer of the right or reimbursement of the profit from the obligor, to the extent of the amount of damage sustained by them.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 民法 附則第十七条第一項（債務不履行の責任等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-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