# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百四十三条 (Article 743)

- 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: 第七百四十三条 (Article 743)（婚姻の取消し） — address `art-743`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-743
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-743
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### 第七百四十三条（婚姻の取消し） — (Cancellation of a Marriage)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-743 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-743 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-743</sup>

      **第一項**  婚姻は、次条、第七百四十五条及び第七百四十七条の規定によらなければ、取り消すことができない。
      <sup>art-743/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-743/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-743/par-1</sup>
      A marriage may not be canceled other than pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, Article 745, and Article 747.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-743/par-1: 次条 → 民法 第七百四十四条 (Article 744), art-744 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-744 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-744
- art-743/par-1: 第七百四十五条 → 民法 第七百四十五条 (Article 745), art-745 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-745
- art-743/par-1: 第七百四十七条 → 民法 第七百四十七条 (Article 747), art-747 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-747 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-747

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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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-001, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11