# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百三十二条 (Article 432) - 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: 第四百三十二条 (Article 432)（連帯債権者による履行の請求等） — address `art-432` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-432 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-432 - 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. --- ### 第四百三十二条（連帯債権者による履行の請求等） — (Request by Joint and Several Obligees for Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-432 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-432 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-432 **第一項** 債権の目的がその性質上可分である場合において、法令の規定又は当事者の意思表示によって数人が連帯して債権を有するときは、各債権者は、全ての債権者のために全部又は一部の履行を請求することができ、債務者は、全ての債権者のために各債権者に対して履行をすることができる。 art-432/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-432/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-432/par-1 If the subject of a claim is divisible by nature, and two or more persons hold the claim jointly and severally based on the provisions of laws and regulations or the manifestation of intention of the parties, each obligee may request the performance in whole or in part for the benefit of all obligees, and the obligor may perform for each obligee for the benefit of all obligees. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百三十五条の二第一項（相対的効力の原則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-435-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-435-2/par-1 - 民法 附則第二十条第三項（不可分債権、不可分債務、連帯債権及び連帯債務に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-20/par-3 --- ## 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