# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百八十七条の二 (Article 587-2) - 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: 第五百八十七条の二 (Article 587-2)（書面でする消費貸借等） — address `art-587-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2 - 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. --- ### 第五百八十七条の二（書面でする消費貸借等） — (Loan for Consumption Made in Writing) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-587-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2 **第一項** 前条の規定にかかわらず、書面でする消費貸借は、当事者の一方が金銭その他の物を引き渡すことを約し、相手方がその受け取った物と種類、品質及び数量の同じ物をもって返還をすることを約することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-587-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, a loan for consumption made in writing becomes effective when a first party promises to deliver money or any other thing to a second party and the second party promises to return a thing of the same type, quality, and quantity as the thing delivered to the second party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 書面でする消費貸借の借主は、貸主から金銭その他の物を受け取るまで、契約の解除をすることができる。この場合において、貸主は、その契約の解除によって損害を受けたときは、借主に対し、その賠償を請求することができる。 art-587-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-2 The borrower of a loan for consumption made in writing may cancel the contract until the borrower receives the money or other thing from the lender. In such a case, if the lender sustains any damage from the cancellation of the contract, the lender may claim compensation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 書面でする消費貸借は、借主が貸主から金銭その他の物を受け取る前に当事者の一方が破産手続開始の決定を受けたときは、その効力を失う。 art-587-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-3 A loan for consumption made in writing ceases to be effective if either of the parties receives an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings before the borrower receives the thing such as money from the lender. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 消費貸借がその内容を記録した電磁的記録によってされたときは、その消費貸借は、書面によってされたものとみなして、前三項の規定を適用する。 art-587-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-4 If a loan for consumption is made by means of an electronic or magnetic record in which its content is recorded, the loan for consumption is deemed to have been made in writing, and the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply thereto. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-587-2/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第五百八十七条 (Article 587), art-587 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587 - art-587-2/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百八十七条の二第一項 (Article 587-2, paragraph (1)), art-587-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-1 - art-587-2/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百八十七条の二第二項 (Article 587-2, paragraph (2)), art-587-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-2 - art-587-2/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第五百八十七条の二第三項 (Article 587-2, paragraph (3)), art-587-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百八十七条の二第四項（書面でする消費貸借等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-587-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-587-2/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