# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34)（贈与等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4291-44/art-34`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三十四条（贈与等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Gifts, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に贈与、売買、消費貸借（旧法第五百八十九条に規定する消費貸借の予約を含む。）、使用貸借、賃貸借、雇用、請負、委任、寄託又は組合の各契約が締結された場合におけるこれらの契約及びこれらの契約に付随する買戻しその他の特約については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1</sup>
With regard to the respective contracts of gift, sale and purchase, loan for consumption (including the preliminary contract for a loan for consumption prescribed in Article 589 of the Former Act), loan for use, lease, employment, contract for work, mandate, deposit, or partnership, in the case where any of those contracts was concluded before the Effective Date, and with regard to those contracts and any buy-back or other special agreement ancillary to those contracts, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、新法第六百四条第二項の規定は、施行日前に賃貸借契約が締結された場合において施行日以後にその契約の更新に係る合意がされるときにも適用する。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 604, paragraph (2) of the New Act also apply where a lease contract was concluded before the Effective Date and an agreement relating to the renewal of that contract is made on or after the Effective Date.
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**第三項**  第一項の規定にかかわらず、新法第六百五条の四の規定は、施行日前に不動産の賃貸借契約が締結された場合において施行日以後にその不動産の占有を第三者が妨害し、又はその不動産を第三者が占有しているときにも適用する。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions of Article 605-4 of the New Act also apply where a lease contract for immovables was concluded before the Effective Date and, on or after the Effective Date, a third party disturbs the possession of those immovables or a third party is in possession of those immovables.
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## Cites
- suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2: 前項 → 民法 附則第三十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1
- suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2: 新法第六百四条第二項 → 民法 第六百四条第二項 (Article 604, paragraph (2)), art-604/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-604/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-604/par-2
- suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 附則第三十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-1
- suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3: 新法第六百五条の四 → 民法 第六百五条の四 (Article 605-4), art-605-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-605-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-4

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 附則第三十四条第二項（贈与等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2
- 民法 附則第三十四条第三項（贈与等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-3

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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-20261011T170941-023, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
