# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百六十二条 (Article 562) - 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: 第五百六十二条 (Article 562)（買主の追完請求権） — address `art-562` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562 - 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. --- ### 第五百六十二条（買主の追完請求権） — (Buyer's Right to Demand Completion) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-562 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562 **第一項** 引き渡された目的物が種類、品質又は数量に関して契約の内容に適合しないものであるときは、買主は、売主に対し、目的物の修補、代替物の引渡し又は不足分の引渡しによる履行の追完を請求することができる。ただし、売主は、買主に不相当な負担を課するものでないときは、買主が請求した方法と異なる方法による履行の追完をすることができる。 art-562/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562/par-1 If the subject matter delivered to the buyer does not conform to the contract terms with respect to the kind, quality or quantity, the buyer may demand that the seller complete the non-conformity of performance by repairing the subject matter, delivering the substitute or delivering the replenishment; provided, however, that the seller may complete the non-conformity of performance by a method that is different from the method demanded by the buyer if it does not impose any undue burden on the buyer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の不適合が買主の責めに帰すべき事由によるものであるときは、買主は、同項の規定による履行の追完の請求をすることができない。 art-562/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562/par-2 If the non-conformity referred to in the preceding paragraph is due to grounds attributable to the buyer, the buyer may not demand that the seller complete the non-conformity of performance under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-562/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百六十二条第一項 (Article 562, paragraph (1)), art-562/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百六十二条第二項（買主の追完請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562/par-2 - 民法 第五百六十三条第一項（買主の代金減額請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-1 - 民法 第五百六十四条第一項（買主の損害賠償請求及び解除権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-564/par-1 - 民法 第五百六十五条第一項（移転した権利が契約の内容に適合しない場合における売主の担保責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-565/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-565/par-1 - 民法 第五百七十二条第一項（担保責任を負わない旨の特約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-572/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