# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百五十八条の三 (Article 458-3) - 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: 第四百五十八条の三 (Article 458-3)（主たる債務者が期限の利益を喪失した場合における情報の提供義務） — address `art-458-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3 - 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. --- ### 第四百五十八条の三（主たる債務者が期限の利益を喪失した場合における情報の提供義務） — (Obligee's Duty to Provide Information If Principal Obligor Forfeits the Benefit of Time) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-458-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3 **第一項** 主たる債務者が期限の利益を有する場合において、その利益を喪失したときは、債権者は、保証人に対し、その利益の喪失を知った時から二箇月以内に、その旨を通知しなければならない。 art-458-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-1 If the principal obligor has the benefit of time forfeits the benefit, the obligee must notify the guarantor to that effect within two months from the time when the obligee comes to know the principal obligor's forfeiture of the benefit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の期間内に同項の通知をしなかったときは、債権者は、保証人に対し、主たる債務者が期限の利益を喪失した時から同項の通知を現にするまでに生じた遅延損害金（期限の利益を喪失しなかったとしても生ずべきものを除く。）に係る保証債務の履行を請求することができない。 art-458-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-2 If the obligee fails to notify the guarantor referred to in the preceding paragraph within the period referred to that paragraph, the obligee may not request the guarantor to perform the guarantee obligation for any delay damages that have accrued after the principal obligor is accelerated and becomes immediately due until the obligee notifies the guarantor pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (excluding those that should have accrued even if the principal obligor maintains the benefit of time). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、保証人が法人である場合には、適用しない。 art-458-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if the guarantor is a corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-458-3/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百五十八条の三第一項 (Article 458-3, paragraph (1)), art-458-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-1 - art-458-3/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百五十八条の三第一項 (Article 458-3, paragraph (1)), art-458-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-1 - art-458-3/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百五十八条の三第二項 (Article 458-3, paragraph (2)), art-458-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百五十八条の三第二項（主たる債務者が期限の利益を喪失した場合における情報の提供義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/par-2 - 民法 第四百五十八条の三第三項（主たる債務者が期限の利益を喪失した場合における情報の提供義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-458-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458-3/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