# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百二条 (Article 502) - 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: 第五百二条 (Article 502)（一部弁済による代位） — address `art-502` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502 - 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. --- ### 第五百二条（一部弁済による代位） — (Subrogation by Partial Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-502 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502 **第一項** 債権の一部について代位弁済があったときは、代位者は、債権者の同意を得て、その弁済をした価額に応じて、債権者とともにその権利を行使することができる。 art-502/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-1 If performance by subrogation occurs with respect to one part of a claim, the subrogee, with the consent of the obligee, may exercise the rights of the subrogee together with the obligee in proportion to the value of the subrogee's performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合であっても、債権者は、単独でその権利を行使することができる。 art-502/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-2 Even in a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the obligee may exercise the obligee's right independently. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合に債権者が行使する権利は、その債権の担保の目的となっている財産の売却代金その他の当該権利の行使によって得られる金銭について、代位者が行使する権利に優先する。 art-502/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-3 The right to be exercised by the obligee in the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs prevails over the right to be exercised by the subrogee with regard to money to be obtained as a result of the exercise of the rights such as the proceeds from the sale of the property that is the subject of security for the claim of the obligee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の場合において、債務の不履行による契約の解除は、債権者のみがすることができる。この場合においては、代位者に対し、その弁済をした価額及びその利息を償還しなければならない。 art-502/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-4 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), the cancellation of a contract based on the failure to perform the obligation may be effected only by the obligee. In such a case, the obligee must reimburse to the subrogee the value of the performance that the subrogee effected plus interest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-502/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百二条第一項 (Article 502, paragraph (1)), art-502/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-1 - art-502/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第五百二条第一項 (Article 502, paragraph (1)), art-502/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-1 - art-502/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第五百二条第二項 (Article 502, paragraph (2)), art-502/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-2 - art-502/par-4: 第一項 → 民法 第五百二条第一項 (Article 502, paragraph (1)), art-502/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百二条第二項（一部弁済による代位） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-2 - 民法 第五百二条第三項（一部弁済による代位） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-3 - 民法 第五百二条第四項（一部弁済による代位） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-502/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-502/par-4 --- ## 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