# 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-4181-50`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-50
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-50
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成一八年六月二日法律第五〇号
<sup>suppl-4181-50 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-50</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、一般社団・財団法人法の施行の日から施行する。ただし、第百三十三条第一項及び第三項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）、第百三十四条、第百三十五条第二項（第四号に係る部分に限る。）、第百三十七条、第百三十八条第一項、第百四十二条（公益法人認定法第四十七条の規定を準用する部分に限る。）、第百六十九条（内閣府設置法附則第二条第一項に一号を加える改正規定中特例民法法人の監督に関する関係行政機関の事務の調整に係る部分を除く。）並びに第二百三条の規定は、公益法人認定法附則第一項第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-50/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 133, paragraphs (1) and (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)), Article 134, Article 135, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iv)), Article 137, Article 138, paragraph (1), Article 142 (limited to the part that applies mutatis mutandis the provisions of Article 47 of the Act on Authorization of Public-Interest Incorporated Associations and Public-Interest Incorporated Foundations), Article 169 (excluding, in the provision amending Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office by adding one item, the part pertaining to coordination of the affairs of the relevant administrative organs concerning supervision of special civil law juridical persons), and Article 203 come into effect as of the date on which the provisions listed in item (ii) of paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Authorization of Public-Interest Incorporated Associations and Public-Interest Incorporated Foundations come into effect.
<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-20261011T170941-018, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
