# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百九十六条 (Article 696)

- 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: 第六百九十六条 (Article 696)（和解の効力） — address `art-696`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-696
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### 第六百九十六条（和解の効力） — (Effect of Settlements)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-696 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-696 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-696</sup>

    **第一項**  当事者の一方が和解によって争いの目的である権利を有するものと認められ、又は相手方がこれを有しないものと認められた場合において、その当事者の一方が従来その権利を有していなかった旨の確証又は相手方がこれを有していた旨の確証が得られたときは、その権利は、和解によってその当事者の一方に移転し、又は消滅したものとする。
    <sup>art-696/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-696/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-696/par-1</sup>
    If it has been acknowledged in a settlement that one of the parties has the rights that are the subject of the dispute or that the other party did not have those rights, and conclusive evidence is then obtained indicating that the first party did not have those rights in the past or that the other party did have those rights, the rights are regarded as either having been transferred to the first party or extinguished in the settlement.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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