# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-3221-222/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この附則で、新法とは、この法律による改正後の民法をいい、旧法とは、従前の民法をいい、応急措置法とは、昭和二十二年法律第七十四号をいう。
<sup>suppl-3221-222/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3221-222/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3221-222/art-3/par-1</sup>
In these Supplementary Provisions, the "New Act" means the Civil Code as amended by this Act, the "Former Act" means the Civil Code as it previously stood, and the "Emergency Measures Act" means Act No. 74 of 1947.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-011, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11