# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百九十三条 (Article 893) - 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: 第八百九十三条 (Article 893)（遺言による推定相続人の廃除） — address `art-893` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-893 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-893 - 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. --- ### 第八百九十三条（遺言による推定相続人の廃除） — (Disinheritance of a Presumptive Heir by Will) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-893 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-893 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-893 **第一項** 被相続人が遺言で推定相続人を廃除する意思を表示したときは、遺言執行者は、その遺言が効力を生じた後、遅滞なく、その推定相続人の廃除を家庭裁判所に請求しなければならない。この場合において、その推定相続人の廃除は、被相続人の死亡の時にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。 art-893/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-893/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-893/par-1 If the decedent, by will, has manifested the intention to disinherit a presumptive heir, the executor of the will must apply to the family court to disinherit the presumptive heir without delay after the will becomes effective. The disinheritance of that presumptive heir is effective retroactive to the time of death of the decedent, in such a case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 所得税法 第百五十一条の六第一項第二号（遺産分割等があつた場合の修正申告の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/income-tax-act/art-151-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-151-6/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第八百九十四条第二項（推定相続人の廃除の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-894/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-894/par-2 - 相続税法 第三十二条第一項第二号（更正の請求の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/art-32/par-1/item-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 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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11