# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九十四条 (Article 94) - 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: 第九十四条 (Article 94)（虚偽表示） — address `art-94` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94 - 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. --- ### 第九十四条（虚偽表示） — (False Manifestations of Intention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94 **第一項** 相手方と通じてした虚偽の意思表示は、無効とする。 art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94/par-1 A false manifestation of intention that a person makes in collusion with another person is void. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による意思表示の無効は、善意の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94/par-2 The nullity of a manifestation of intention under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against a third party in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-94/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十一条第一項（引受けの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-51/par-1 - 会社法 第百二条第五項（設立手続等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-102/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-5 - 会社法 第二百十一条第一項（引受けの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-211/par-1 - 会社法 第七百七十四条の八第一項（株式交付子会社の株式の譲渡しの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-774-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774-8/par-1 - 民法 第九十四条第二項（虚偽表示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-94/par-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 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