# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九十三条 (Article 593)

- 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: 第五百九十三条 (Article 593)（使用貸借） — address `art-593`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-593
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### 第五百九十三条（使用貸借） — (Loans for Use)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-593</sup>

    **第一項**  使用貸借は、当事者の一方がある物を引き渡すことを約し、相手方がその受け取った物について無償で使用及び収益をして契約が終了したときに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。
    <sup>art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-593/par-1</sup>
    A loan for use becomes effective if one of the parties promises to deliver a certain thing, and the other party promises to return the thing when the contract is terminated after the other party uses and makes profit of the borrowed thing at no cost.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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