# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九十八条 (Article 598) - 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: 第五百九十八条 (Article 598)（使用貸借の解除） — address `art-598` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-598 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十八条（使用貸借の解除） — (Cancellation of Loan for Use) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-598 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-598 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598 **第一項** 貸主は、前条第二項に規定する場合において、同項の目的に従い借主が使用及び収益をするのに足りる期間を経過したときは、契約の解除をすることができる。 art-598/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-598/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598/par-1 In the case prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, upon the passage of a period that is sufficient for the borrower to use and make profit from the borrowed thing in line with the purpose referred to in that paragraph, the lender may cancel the contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者が使用貸借の期間並びに使用及び収益の目的を定めなかったときは、貸主は、いつでも契約の解除をすることができる。 art-598/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-598/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598/par-2 If the parties do not specify a period of a loan for use or a purpose of using and making profit from the borrowed thing, the lender may cancel the contract at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 借主は、いつでも契約の解除をすることができる。 art-598/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-598/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598/par-3 The borrower may cancel the contract at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-598/par-1: 前条第二項 → 民法 第五百九十七条第二項 (Article 597, paragraph (2)), art-597/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-597/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 建物の区分所有等に関する法律 第六十四条の三第一項（使用貸借の終了請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/building-unit-ownership-act/art-64-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000069/art-64-3/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