# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22)

- 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: 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22)（債権の譲渡に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4291-44/art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二十二条（債権の譲渡に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Assignment of Claims
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-22</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に債権の譲渡の原因である法律行為がされた場合におけるその債権の譲渡については、新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条までの規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1</sup>
With regard to the assignment of a claim in the case where the juridical act that is the cause of the assignment of the claim was performed before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 466 through 469 of the New Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条 (Article 466), art-466 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条の二 (Article 466-2), art-466-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-2
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条の三 (Article 466-3), art-466-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-3
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条の四 (Article 466-4), art-466-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-4
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条の五 (Article 466-5), art-466-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-5
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十六条の六 (Article 466-6), art-466-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-6
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十七条 (Article 467), art-467 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-467 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-467
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十八条 (Article 468), art-468 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-468 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-468
- suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1: 新法第四百六十六条から第四百六十九条まで → 民法 第四百六十九条 (Article 469), art-469 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469

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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-20261011T170941-022, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
