# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百七十条 (Article 470) - 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: 第四百七十条 (Article 470)（併存的債務引受の要件及び効果） — address `art-470` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470 - 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. --- ### 第四百七十条（併存的債務引受の要件及び効果） — (Requirements for and Effect of Cumulative Assumption of an Obligation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-470 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470 **第一項** 併存的債務引受の引受人は、債務者と連帯して、債務者が債権者に対して負担する債務と同一の内容の債務を負担する。 art-470/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-1 An additional obligor resulting from the cumulative assumption of an obligation assumes, jointly and severally with the initial obligor, an obligation of the same content as the obligation assumed by the initial obligor to the obligee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 併存的債務引受は、債権者と引受人となる者との契約によってすることができる。 art-470/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-2 The cumulative assumption of an obligation may be effected by a contract between the obligee and the person that becomes the additional obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 併存的債務引受は、債務者と引受人となる者との契約によってもすることができる。この場合において、併存的債務引受は、債権者が引受人となる者に対して承諾をした時に、その効力を生ずる。 art-470/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-3 The cumulative assumption of an obligation may also be effected by a contract between the initial obligor and the person that becomes the additional obligor. In such a case, the cumulative assumption of an obligation becomes effective when the obligee gives consent to the person that becomes the additional obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定によってする併存的債務引受は、第三者のためにする契約に関する規定に従う。 art-470/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-4 The cumulative assumption of an obligation to be effected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is governed by the provisions concerning a third party beneficiary contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-470/par-4: 前項 → 民法 第四百七十条第三項 (Article 470, paragraph (3)), art-470/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百七十条第四項（併存的債務引受の要件及び効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-470/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-470/par-4 - 民法 附則第二十三条第一項（債務の引受けに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-23/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