# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十六条の四 (Article 466-4) - 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: 第四百六十六条の四 (Article 466-4)（譲渡制限の意思表示がされた債権の差押え） — address `art-466-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十六条の四（譲渡制限の意思表示がされた債権の差押え） — (Seizure of Claim Subject to Manifestation of Intention to Restrict Assignment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-466-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4 **第一項** 第四百六十六条第三項の規定は、譲渡制限の意思表示がされた債権に対する強制執行をした差押債権者に対しては、適用しない。 art-466-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4/par-1 The provisions of Article 466, paragraph (3) do not apply to an attaching obligee that has conducted enforcement against a claim that is subject to the manifestation of intention to restrict assignment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、譲受人その他の第三者が譲渡制限の意思表示がされたことを知り、又は重大な過失によって知らなかった場合において、その債権者が同項の債権に対する強制執行をしたときは、債務者は、その債務の履行を拒むことができ、かつ、譲渡人に対する弁済その他の債務を消滅させる事由をもって差押債権者に対抗することができる。 art-466-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a third party such as the assignee knew or did not know due to gross negligence that the manifestation of intention to restrict assignment was made, and the obligee of the assignee or other third party conducted enforcement against the claim referred to in that paragraph, the obligor may refuse to perform the obligation and duly assert against an attaching obligee any event that results in extinguishing the obligation such as payment to the assignor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-466-4/par-1: 第四百六十六条第三項 → 民法 第四百六十六条第三項 (Article 466, paragraph (3)), art-466/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466/par-3 - art-466-4/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百六十六条の四第一項 (Article 466-4, paragraph (1)), art-466-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十六条の四第二項（譲渡制限の意思表示がされた債権の差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4/par-2 - 民法 附則第二十二条第一項（債権の譲渡に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-22/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