# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（無記名債権に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4291-44/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（無記名債権に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Claims Payable to Bearer
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に生じたこの法律による改正前の民法（以下「旧法」という。）第八十六条第三項に規定する無記名債権（その原因である法律行為が施行日前にされたものを含む。）については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-4/par-1</sup>
With regard to a claim payable to bearer prescribed in Article 86, paragraph (3) of the Civil Code prior to amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") that arose before the Effective Date (including one for which the juridical act that is its cause was performed before the Effective Date), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261011T170941-020, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11