# 民法 / Civil Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4111-225` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一一年一二月二二日法律第二二五号 suppl-4111-225 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4111-225/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4111-225/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二十五条（民法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Civil Code, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4111-225/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-25 **第一項** この法律の施行前に和議開始の申立てがあった場合又は当該申立てに基づきこの法律の施行前若しくは施行後に和議開始の決定があった場合においては、当該申立て又は決定に係る次の各号に掲げる法律の規定に定める事項に関する取扱いについては、この法律の附則の規定による改正後のこれらの規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1 In the case where a petition for commencement of composition proceedings was filed before this Act comes into effect, or where an order commencing composition proceedings was made before or after this Act comes into effect based on that petition, with regard to the treatment of the matters prescribed in the provisions of the Acts listed in the following items pertaining to that petition or order, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding those provisions as amended by the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act: machine translation, not official **一** 民法第三百九十八条ノ三第二項 suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1 Article 398-3, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code. machine translation, not official ### 第二十六条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4111-225/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-26 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4111-225/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-26/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1: 民法第三百九十八条ノ三第二項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の三第二項 (Article 398-3, paragraph (2)), art-398-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-016, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11