# 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-4181-73` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73 - 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 平成一八年六月一五日法律第七三号 suppl-4181-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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-4181-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-73/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-2 **第一項** 改正後の遺失物法の規定及び次条の規定による改正後の民法第二百四十条の規定は、この法律の施行前に拾得をされた物件又は改正前の遺失物法（以下「旧法」という。）第十条第二項の管守者が同項の規定による交付を受け、若しくは同項の占有者が同項の規定による差出しを受けた物件であって、この法律の施行の際現に旧法第一条第一項又は第十一条第一項（これらの規定を旧法第十二条及び第十三条において準用する場合を含む。次項において同じ。）の規定により警察署長に差し出されていないものについても適用する。 suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1 The provisions of the Lost Property Act after the amendment and the provisions of Article 240 of the Civil Code after the amendment under the provisions of the following Article also apply to property of which a finding was made before this Act comes into effect, and to property for which the custodian prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Lost Property Act before the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") has received delivery under that paragraph or for which the possessor prescribed in that paragraph has received submission under that paragraph, that has not actually been submitted to the chief of a police station at the time of enforcement of this Act under Article 1, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (including the case where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 12 and 13 of the Former Act; the same applies in the following paragraph). machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法第一条第一項又は第十一条第一項の規定により警察署長に差し出されている物件については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 With respect to property that has actually been submitted to the chief of a police station at the time of enforcement of this Act under Article 1, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1: 民法第二百四十条 → 民法 第二百四十条 (Article 240), art-240 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-240 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-240 - suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 民法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4181-73/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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-20261011T170941-019, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11