# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百七十二条 (Article 472) - 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: 第四百七十二条 (Article 472)（免責的債務引受の要件及び効果） — address `art-472` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472 - 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. --- ### 第四百七十二条（免責的債務引受の要件及び効果） — (Requirements for and Effect of Discharging Assumption of an Obligation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-472 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472 **第一項** 免責的債務引受の引受人は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し、債務者は自己の債務を免れる。 art-472/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472/par-1 A new obligor resulting from the discharging assumption of an obligation assumes an obligation of the same content as the obligation of the initial obligor to the obligee, and the initial obligor is released from their own obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 免責的債務引受は、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。この場合において、免責的債務引受は、債権者が債務者に対してその契約をした旨を通知した時に、その効力を生ずる。 art-472/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472/par-2 The discharging assumption of an obligation may be effected by a contract between the obligee and the person that becomes the replacing obligor. In such a case, the discharging assumption of the obligation becomes effective when the obligee notifies the initial obligor of the conclusion of that contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 免責的債務引受は、債務者と引受人となる者が契約をし、債権者が引受人となる者に対して承諾をすることによってもすることができる。 art-472/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472/par-3 The discharging assumption of an obligation may also be effected if the initial obligor and the person that becomes the replacing obligor conclude a contract and the obligee gives consent to the person that becomes the replacing obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第一項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-1 - 民法 第四百七十二条の四第三項（免責的債務引受による担保の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-472-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-472-4/par-3 - 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