# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百五十一条 (Article 651) - 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: 第六百五十一条 (Article 651)（委任の解除） — address `art-651` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651 - 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. --- ### 第六百五十一条（委任の解除） — (Cancellation of Mandate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-651 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651 **第一項** 委任は、各当事者がいつでもその解除をすることができる。 art-651/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/par-1 A mandate may be cancelled by either party at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により委任の解除をした者は、次に掲げる場合には、相手方の損害を賠償しなければならない。ただし、やむを得ない事由があったときは、この限りでない。 art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/par-2 In the following cases, a party that has cancelled a mandate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must compensate for damage suffered by the other party; provided, however, that this does not apply if there was a compelling reason for the cancellation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 相手方に不利な時期に委任を解除したとき。 art-651/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/par-2/item-1 if the party cancels the mandate at a time that is detrimental to the other party; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 委任者が受任者の利益（専ら報酬を得ることによるものを除く。）をも目的とする委任を解除したとき。 art-651/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/par-2/item-2 if the mandator cancels the mandate for which the purpose includes the interests for the mandatary (excluding the profit to be obtained exclusively by receiving remuneration). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-651/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百五十一条第一項 (Article 651, paragraph (1)), art-651/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百五十一条第二項（委任の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-651/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