# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百条 (Article 500)

- 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: 第五百条 (Article 500) — address `art-500`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-500
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-500
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### 第五百条
<sup>art-500 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-500 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-500</sup>

        **第一項**  第四百六十七条の規定は、前条の場合（弁済をするについて正当な利益を有する者が債権者に代位する場合を除く。）について準用する。
        <sup>art-500/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-500/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-500/par-1</sup>
        The provisions of Article 467 apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding Article (unless a person with a legitimate interest in making performance is subrogated to the claim of the obligee).
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-500/par-1: 第四百六十七条 → 民法 第四百六十七条 (Article 467), art-467 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-467 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-467
- art-500/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第四百九十九条 (Article 499), art-499 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-499 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-499

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第五百一条第一項（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-1

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## 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