# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百四十八条 (Article 648) - 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: 第六百四十八条 (Article 648)（受任者の報酬） — address `art-648` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十八条（受任者の報酬） — (Remuneration for Mandatary) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-648 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648 **第一項** 受任者は、特約がなければ、委任者に対して報酬を請求することができない。 art-648/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-1 In the absence of any special agreements, the mandatary may not claim remuneration from the mandator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 受任者は、報酬を受けるべき場合には、委任事務を履行した後でなければ、これを請求することができない。ただし、期間によって報酬を定めたときは、第六百二十四条第二項の規定を準用する。 art-648/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-2 If a mandatary is to receive remuneration, the mandatary may not claim this until after having performed the mandated business; provided, however, that if the remuneration is specified with reference to period, the provisions of Article 624, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 受任者は、次に掲げる場合には、既にした履行の割合に応じて報酬を請求することができる。 art-648/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-3 In the following cases, the mandatary may demand remuneration in proportion to the performance already completed: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 委任者の責めに帰することができない事由によって委任事務の履行をすることができなくなったとき。 art-648/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-3/item-1 if the mandatary is no longer able to perform the mandated business due to any grounds not attributable to the mandator; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 委任が履行の中途で終了したとき。 art-648/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-648/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-3/item-2 if the mandate is terminated during the course of performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-648/par-2: 第六百二十四条第二項 → 民法 第六百二十四条第二項 (Article 624, paragraph (2)), art-624/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-624/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-624/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百九十三条第四項（業務を執行する社員と持分会社との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-593/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-4 - 民法 第六百六十五条第一項（委任の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-665/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-665/par-1 - 民法 第六百七十一条第一項（委任の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-671/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-671/par-1 - 民法 第千十八条第二項（遺言執行者の報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1018/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1018/par-2 - 民法 附則第三十六条第一項（遺言執行者の報酬に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-36/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