# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百二十五条 (Article 525) - 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: 第五百二十五条 (Article 525)（承諾の期間の定めのない申込み） — address `art-525` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525 - 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. --- ### 第五百二十五条（承諾の期間の定めのない申込み） — (Offers That Do Not Specify Period for Acceptance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-525 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525 **第一項** 承諾の期間を定めないでした申込みは、申込者が承諾の通知を受けるのに相当な期間を経過するまでは、撤回することができない。ただし、申込者が撤回をする権利を留保したときは、この限りでない。 art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-1 An offer made without specifying a period for acceptance may not be withdrawn until the passage of a reasonable period of time for the offeror to receive a notice of acceptance; provided, however, that this does not apply if the offeror reserves the right to withdraw. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 対話者に対してした前項の申込みは、同項の規定にかかわらず、その対話が継続している間は、いつでも撤回することができる。 art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an offer referred to in that paragraph which has been made to a person with whom the offeror is having a dialogue may be withdrawn at any time while the dialogue continues. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 対話者に対してした第一項の申込みに対して対話が継続している間に申込者が承諾の通知を受けなかったときは、その申込みは、その効力を失う。ただし、申込者が対話の終了後もその申込みが効力を失わない旨を表示したときは、この限りでない。 art-525/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-3 If an offeror does not receive from a person with whom the offeror is having a dialogue a notice of acceptance of the offer referred to in paragraph (1) while the dialogue continues, the offer ceases to be effective; provided, however, that this does not apply if the offeror manifests the intention to maintain the effect of the offer after the end of the dialogue. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-525/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百二十五条第一項 (Article 525, paragraph (1)), art-525/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-1 - art-525/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第五百二十五条第一項 (Article 525, paragraph (1)), art-525/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百二十五条第二項（承諾の期間の定めのない申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-2 - 民法 第五百二十五条第三項（承諾の期間の定めのない申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-525/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-525/par-3 --- ## 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