# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百六十三条 (Article 563) - 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: 第五百六十三条 (Article 563)（買主の代金減額請求権） — address `art-563` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百六十三条（買主の代金減額請求権） — (Buyer's Right to Demand Reduction of Price) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-563 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563 **第一項** 前条第一項本文に規定する場合において、買主が相当の期間を定めて履行の追完の催告をし、その期間内に履行の追完がないときは、買主は、その不適合の程度に応じて代金の減額を請求することができる。 art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-1 In the case prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the buyer demands that the seller complete the non-conformity of performance by specifying a reasonable period of time but the non-conformity of performance is not completed within that period, the buyer may request a reduction of the price in proportion to the degree of non-conformity. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、次に掲げる場合には、買主は、同項の催告をすることなく、直ちに代金の減額を請求することができる。 art-563/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, a buyer in good faith may request a reduction of the price immediately without making demand referred to in that paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 履行の追完が不能であるとき。 art-563/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-1 if it is impossible to complete the non-conformity of performance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 売主が履行の追完を拒絶する意思を明確に表示したとき。 art-563/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-2 if the seller unequivocally manifests the intention to refuse to complete the non-conformity of performance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 契約の性質又は当事者の意思表示により、特定の日時又は一定の期間内に履行をしなければ契約をした目的を達することができない場合において、売主が履行の追完をしないでその時期を経過したとき。 art-563/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-3 if, due to the nature of the contract or a manifestation of intention by the parties, the purpose of the contract is unable to be achieved unless the performance is carried out at a specific time on a specific date or within a certain period of time, and the seller fails to complete the non-conformity of the performance at the time or before the period expires; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる場合のほか、買主が前項の催告をしても履行の追完を受ける見込みがないことが明らかであるとき。 art-563/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-4 beyond the cases stated in the preceding items, it is obvious that the seller is unlikely to complete the non-conformity of the performance even if the buyer makes the demand referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一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、前二項の規定による代金の減額の請求をすることができない。 art-563/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-3 If the non-conformity referred to in paragraph (1) is due to grounds attributable to the buyer, the buyer may not request a reduction of the price under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-563/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-563/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百六十三条第一項 (Article 563, paragraph (1)), art-563/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-1 - art-563/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第五百六十三条第二項第一号 (Article 563, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-563/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-1 - art-563/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第五百六十三条第二項第二号 (Article 563, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-563/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-2 - art-563/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第五百六十三条第二項第三号 (Article 563, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-563/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-3 - art-563/par-2/item-4: 前項 → 民法 第五百六十三条第一項 (Article 563, paragraph (1)), art-563/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-1 - art-563/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第五百六十三条第一項 (Article 563, paragraph (1)), art-563/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-1 - art-563/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第五百六十三条第二項 (Article 563, paragraph (2)), art-563/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百六十三条第二項（買主の代金減額請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2 - 民法 第五百六十三条第二項第四号（買主の代金減額請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-2/item-4 - 民法 第五百六十三条第三項（買主の代金減額請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563/par-3 - 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 第五百六十八条第一項（競売における担保責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/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