# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十三節 (Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 13) - 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: 第十三節 (Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 13) — address `pt-3/ch-2/sec-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/pt-3/ch-2/sec-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/pt-3/ch-2/sec-13 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第十三節　終身定期金 — Section 13 Periodic Payment for Life heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-3/ch-2/sec-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/pt-3/ch-2/sec-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/pt-3/ch-2/sec-13 ### 第六百八十九条（終身定期金契約） — (Contracts for Periodic Payment for Life) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-689 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-689 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-689 **第一項** 終身定期金契約は、当事者の一方が、自己、相手方又は第三者の死亡に至るまで、定期に金銭その他の物を相手方又は第三者に給付することを約することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-689/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-689/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-689/par-1 Contracts for periodic payment for life become effective when one of the parties promises to pay monies or deliver other things to the other party or a third party periodically until the death of the first party, the other party or the third party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六百九十条（終身定期金の計算） — (Computation of Periodic Payment for Life) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-690 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-690 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-690 **第一項** 終身定期金は、日割りで計算する。 art-690/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-690/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-690/par-1 Periodic payment for life is calculated on a daily basis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六百九十一条（終身定期金契約の解除） — (Cancellation of Contracts for Periodic Payment for Life) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691 **第一項** 終身定期金債務者が終身定期金の元本を受領した場合において、その終身定期金の給付を怠り、又はその他の義務を履行しないときは、相手方は、元本の返還を請求することができる。この場合において、相手方は、既に受け取った終身定期金の中からその元本の利息を控除した残額を終身定期金債務者に返還しなければならない。 art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691/par-1 If the obligor in a periodic payment for life has received the principal for the periodic payment for life but fails to pay the periodic payment for life or fails to perform other obligations, the other party may demand the return of the principal. In these cases, the other party must return to the obligor of the periodic payment for life the amount of the periodic payment for life already received, after deducting the amount of the interest on that principal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、損害賠償の請求を妨げない。 art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude claims for compensation for damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六百九十二条（終身定期金契約の解除と同時履行） — (Cancellation of Contracts for Periodic Payment for Life and Simultaneous Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-692 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-692 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-692 **第一項** 第五百三十三条の規定は、前条の場合について準用する。 art-692/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-692/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-692/par-1 The provisions of Article 533 apply mutatis mutandis to cases referred to in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六百九十三条（終身定期金債権の存続の宣告） — (Declaration of Continuation of Claim for Periodic Payment for Life) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-693 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-693 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-693 **第一項** 終身定期金債務者の責めに帰すべき事由によって第六百八十九条に規定する死亡が生じたときは、裁判所は、終身定期金債権者又はその相続人の請求により、終身定期金債権が相当の期間存続することを宣告することができる。 art-693/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-693/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-693/par-1 If a death provided for in Article 689 occurs due to grounds attributable to the obligor in a periodic payment for life, the court may, at the request of the obligee in the periodic payment for life or the obligee's heirs, pronounce that the periodic payment for life claim continues for a reasonable period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、第六百九十一条の権利の行使を妨げない。 art-693/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-693/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-693/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude the exercise of the rights provided in Article 691. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六百九十四条（終身定期金の遺贈） — (Bequests of Periodic Payment for Life) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-694 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-694 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-694 **第一項** この節の規定は、終身定期金の遺贈について準用する。 art-694/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-694/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-694/par-1 The provisions of this Section apply mutatis mutandis to bequests of periodic payment for life. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-691/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百九十一条第一項 (Article 691, paragraph (1)), art-691/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691/par-1 - art-692/par-1: 第五百三十三条 → 民法 第五百三十三条 (Article 533), art-533 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-533 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-533 - art-692/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第六百九十一条 (Article 691), art-691 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691 - art-693/par-1: 第六百八十九条 → 民法 第六百八十九条 (Article 689), art-689 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-689 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-689 - art-693/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百九十三条第一項 (Article 693, paragraph (1)), art-693/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-693/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-693/par-1 - art-693/par-2: 第六百九十一条 → 民法 第六百九十一条 (Article 691), art-691 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-691 --- ## 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