# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百六十八条 (Article 568) - 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: 第五百六十八条 (Article 568)（競売における担保責任等） — address `art-568` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568 - 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. --- ### 第五百六十八条（競売における担保責任等） — (Warranty in Cases of Auctions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-568 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568 **第一項** 民事執行法その他の法律の規定に基づく競売（以下この条において単に「競売」という。）における買受人は、第五百四十一条及び第五百四十二条の規定並びに第五百六十三条（第五百六十五条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により、債務者に対し、契約の解除をし、又は代金の減額を請求することができる。 art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-1 The successful bidder at an auction based on the provisions of the Civil Execution Act and other laws (referred to as an "auction" in this Article below) may cancel the contract or demand a reduction of the price against the obligor pursuant to the provisions of Articles 541 and 542 and the provisions of Article 563 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 565). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、債務者が無資力であるときは、買受人は、代金の配当を受けた債権者に対し、その代金の全部又は一部の返還を請求することができる。 art-568/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-2 In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the obligor is insolvent, the successful bidder may demand total or partial reimbursement of the proceeds against the obligees that received the distribution of the proceeds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、債務者が物若しくは権利の不存在を知りながら申し出なかったとき、又は債権者がこれを知りながら競売を請求したときは、買受人は、これらの者に対し、損害賠償の請求をすることができる。 art-568/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-3 In the cases stated in the preceding two paragraphs, if obligors knew of the absence of the object or right and did not disclose the same, or if obligees knew of the absence but demanded an auction, the successful bidder may claim for damages from those persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、競売の目的物の種類又は品質に関する不適合については、適用しない。 art-568/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to the non-conformity with respect to the kind or quality of the subject matter of an auction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-568/par-1: この条 → 民法 第五百六十八条 (Article 568), art-568 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568 - art-568/par-1: 第五百四十一条 → 民法 第五百四十一条 (Article 541), art-541 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-541 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-541 - art-568/par-1: 第五百四十二条 → 民法 第五百四十二条 (Article 542), art-542 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-542 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-542 - art-568/par-1: 第五百六十三条 → 民法 第五百六十三条 (Article 563), art-563 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-563 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-563 - art-568/par-1: 第五百六十五条 → 民法 第五百六十五条 (Article 565), art-565 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-565 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-565 - art-568/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第一項 (Article 568, paragraph (1)), art-568/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-1 - art-568/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第一項 (Article 568, paragraph (1)), art-568/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-1 - art-568/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第二項 (Article 568, paragraph (2)), art-568/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-2 - art-568/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第一項 (Article 568, paragraph (1)), art-568/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-1 - art-568/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第二項 (Article 568, paragraph (2)), art-568/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-2 - art-568/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百六十八条第三項 (Article 568, paragraph (3)), art-568/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 民法 第五百六十八条第二項（競売における担保責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-2 - 民法 第五百六十八条第三項（競売における担保責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/par-3 - 民法 第五百六十八条第四項（競売における担保責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-568/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-568/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