# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百九十八条 (Article 698)

- 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: 第六百九十八条 (Article 698)（緊急事務管理） — address `art-698`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-698
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### 第六百九十八条（緊急事務管理） — (Urgent Benevolent Intervention in Another's Affairs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-698 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-698 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-698</sup>

  **第一項**  管理者は、本人の身体、名誉又は財産に対する急迫の危害を免れさせるために事務管理をしたときは、悪意又は重大な過失があるのでなければ、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負わない。
  <sup>art-698/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-698/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-698/par-1</sup>
  If a manager engages in benevolent intervention in another's affairs in order to allow a principal to escape imminent danger to the principal's person, reputation, or property, the manager is not liable to compensate for damage resulting from this unless the manager has acted in bad faith or with gross negligence.
  <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