# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-3461-99/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-2
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### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3461-99/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の民法（以下「新法」という。）の規定は、別段の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行の際現に存する抵当権で根抵当であるもの（以下「旧根抵当権」という。）にも適用する。ただし、改正前の民法（以下「旧法」という。）の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。
<sup>suppl-3461-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-2/par-1</sup>
Except where otherwise provided, the provisions of the Civil Code as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") also apply to mortgages that exist at the time this Act comes into effect and that are revolving mortgages (hereinafter referred to as "former revolving mortgages"); provided, however, that this does not preclude effects that arose under the provisions of the Civil Code before amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act").
<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-20261011T170941-013, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11