# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百三十四条 (Article 634) - 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: 第六百三十四条 (Article 634)（注文者が受ける利益の割合に応じた報酬） — address `art-634` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-634 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-634 - 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. --- ### 第六百三十四条（注文者が受ける利益の割合に応じた報酬） — (Remuneration in Proportion to Benefit Received by Party Ordering Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-634 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-634 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-634 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合において、請負人が既にした仕事の結果のうち可分な部分の給付によって注文者が利益を受けるときは、その部分を仕事の完成とみなす。この場合において、請負人は、注文者が受ける利益の割合に応じて報酬を請求することができる。 art-634/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-634/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-634/par-1 In the following cases, if the party ordering work receives any benefit from the performance of any divisible portion of the outcome of the work that the contractor has already completed, that portion is deemed to be the completed work; in this case, the contractor may demand remuneration in proportion to the benefit to be received by the party ordering work: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 注文者の責めに帰することができない事由によって仕事を完成することができなくなったとき。 art-634/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-634/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-634/par-1/item-1 if the contractor is no longer able to complete the work due to any grounds not attributable to the party ordering work; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 請負が仕事の完成前に解除されたとき。 art-634/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-634/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-634/par-1/item-2 if the contract for work is cancelled before the completion of work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百四十八条の二第二項（成果等に対する報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648-2/par-2 --- ## 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