# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百十九条 (Article 919) - 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: 第九百十九条 (Article 919)（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — address `art-919` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919 - 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. --- ### 第九百十九条（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — (Revocation and Rescission; Acceptance and Renunciation of Succession) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-919 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919 **第一項** 相続の承認及び放棄は、第九百十五条第一項の期間内でも、撤回することができない。 art-919/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-1 The acceptance or renunciation of a succession may not be revoked even within the period referred to in Article 915, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、第一編（総則）及び前編（親族）の規定により相続の承認又は放棄の取消しをすることを妨げない。 art-919/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude the acceptance or renunciation of a succession from being rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Part I (General Provisions) and Part IV (Relatives). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の取消権は、追認をすることができる時から六箇月間行使しないときは、時効によって消滅する。相続の承認又は放棄の時から十年を経過したときも、同様とする。 art-919/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-3 The right of rescission referred to in the preceding paragraph is extinguished by prescription if not exercised within six months of the time ratification becomes possible. It is also extinguished by prescription once ten years have passed since the time of acceptance or renunciation of the succession. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の規定により限定承認又は相続の放棄の取消しをしようとする者は、その旨を家庭裁判所に申述しなければならない。 art-919/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-4 A person seeking to rescind a qualified acceptance or renunciation of a succession pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) must file a statement with the family court to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-919/par-1: 第九百十五条第一項 → 民法 第九百十五条第一項 (Article 915, paragraph (1)), art-915/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-915/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915/par-1 - art-919/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百十九条第一項 (Article 919, paragraph (1)), art-919/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-1 - art-919/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第九百十九条第二項 (Article 919, paragraph (2)), art-919/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-2 - art-919/par-4: 第二項 → 民法 第九百十九条第二項 (Article 919, paragraph (2)), art-919/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-2 ## Cited by 6 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 第九百十九条第二項（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-2 - 民法 第九百十九条第三項（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-3 - 民法 第九百十九条第四項（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-4 - 民法 第九百八十九条第二項（遺贈の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-989/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-989/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