# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（民法の一部改正に伴う経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-4301-72/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-2
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### 第二条（民法の一部改正に伴う経過措置の原則） — Principle of Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Civil Code
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に開始した相続については、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to succession that commenced before the day of enforcement of this Act (referred to as the "Effective Date" below), except where there are special provisions in these Supplementary Provisions, 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-20261011T170941-024, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11