# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百七十条の二 (Article 670-2) - 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: 第六百七十条の二 (Article 670-2)（組合の代理） — address `art-670-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2 - 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. --- ### 第六百七十条の二（組合の代理） — (Agency of Partnership) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-670-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2 **第一項** 各組合員は、組合の業務を執行する場合において、組合員の過半数の同意を得たときは、他の組合員を代理することができる。 art-670-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-1 In executing the partnership business, each partner may act as an agent of other partners with the consent of the majority of partners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、業務執行者があるときは、業務執行者のみが組合員を代理することができる。この場合において、業務執行者が数人あるときは、各業務執行者は、業務執行者の過半数の同意を得たときに限り、組合員を代理することができる。 art-670-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if any person is delegated to be a person who executes business, only the person who executes business may act as an agent of partners. In such a case, if there are two or more persons who execute business, each person who executes business may act as an agent of partners only if the person obtains the consent of the majority of the persons who execute business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、各組合員又は各業務執行者は、組合の常務を行うときは、単独で組合員を代理することができる。 art-670-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, each partner and each person who executes business may act as an agent of partners independently when performing the ordinary business of the partnership. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-670-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百七十条の二第一項 (Article 670-2, paragraph (1)), art-670-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-1 - art-670-2/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第六百七十条の二第一項 (Article 670-2, paragraph (1)), art-670-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-1 - art-670-2/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第六百七十条の二第二項 (Article 670-2, paragraph (2)), art-670-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百七十条の二第二項（組合の代理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-2 - 民法 第六百七十条の二第三項（組合の代理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-670-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-670-2/par-3 - 民法 第六百八十六条第一項（清算人の業務の決定及び執行の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-686/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-686/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