# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九十八条の二 (Article 98-2) - 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: 第九十八条の二 (Article 98-2)（意思表示の受領能力） — address `art-98-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-98-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-98-2 - 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. --- ### 第九十八条の二（意思表示の受領能力） — (Capacity to Receive Manifestations of Intention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-98-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-98-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-98-2 **第一項** 意思表示の相手方がその意思表示を受けた時に意思能力を有しなかったとき又は未成年者若しくは成年被後見人であったときは、その意思表示をもってその相手方に対抗することができない。ただし、次に掲げる者がその意思表示を知った後は、この限りでない。 art-98-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-98-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-98-2/par-1 Any person may not assert a manifestation of intention against the other party to that if that other party had no mental capacity or was a minor or an adult ward at the time of receiving it; provided, however, that this does not apply after either of the following persons learns of the manifestation of intention: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 相手方の法定代理人 art-98-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-98-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-98-2/par-1/item-1 the legal representative of the other party; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 意思能力を回復し、又は行為能力者となった相手方 art-98-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-98-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-98-2/par-1/item-2 the other party, after that other party's mental capacity has been restored or after that other party has become a person with capacity to act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第六条第一項（意思表示に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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