# 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-5031-24` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24 - 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 令和三年四月二八日法律第二四号 suppl-5031-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二年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。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第二条中不動産登記法第百三十一条第五項の改正規定及び附則第三十四条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provision in Article 2 revising Article 131, paragraph (5) of the Real Property Registration Act, and the provisions of Article 34 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（相続財産の保存に必要な処分に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions Necessary for the Preservation of an Estate caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に第一条の規定による改正前の民法（以下「旧民法」という。）第九百十八条第二項（旧民法第九百二十六条第二項（旧民法第九百三十六条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第九百四十条第二項において準用する場合を含む。次項において同じ。）の規定によりされた相続財産の保存に必要な処分は、施行日以後は、第一条の規定による改正後の民法（以下「新民法」という。）第八百九十七条の二の規定によりされた相続財産の保存に必要な処分とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-1 A disposition necessary for the preservation of an estate that was made, before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), pursuant to the provisions of Article 918, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code before its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Civil Code") (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 926, paragraph (2) of the Former Civil Code (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 936, paragraph (3) of the Former Civil Code) and Article 940, paragraph (2) of the Former Civil Code; the same applies in the following paragraph) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a disposition necessary for the preservation of an estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 897-2 of the Civil Code as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Civil Code"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百十八条第二項の規定によりされた相続財産の保存に必要な処分の請求（施行日前に当該請求に係る審判が確定したものを除く。）は、施行日以後は、新民法第八百九十七条の二の規定によりされた相続財産の保存に必要な処分の請求とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 A request for a disposition necessary for the preservation of an estate that was made before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 918, paragraph (2) of the Former Civil Code (excluding a request for which the decision relating to that request became final and binding before the Effective Date) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a request for a disposition necessary for the preservation of an estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 897-2 of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（遺産の分割に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Division of the Estate caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-3 **第一項** 新民法第九百四条の三及び第九百八条第二項から第五項までの規定は、施行日前に相続が開始した遺産の分割についても、適用する。この場合において、新民法第九百四条の三第一号中「相続開始の時から十年を経過する前」とあるのは「相続開始の時から十年を経過する時又は民法等の一部を改正する法律（令和三年法律第二十四号）の施行の時から五年を経過する時のいずれか遅い時まで」と、同条第二号中「十年の期間」とあるのは「十年の期間（相続開始の時から始まる十年の期間の満了後に民法等の一部を改正する法律の施行の時から始まる五年の期間が満了する場合にあっては、同法の施行の時から始まる五年の期間）」と、新民法第九百八条第二項ただし書、第三項ただし書、第四項ただし書及び第五項ただし書中「相続開始の時から十年」とあるのは「相続開始の時から十年を経過する時又は民法等の一部を改正する法律の施行の時から五年を経過する時のいずれか遅い時」とする。 suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Article 904-3 and Article 908, paragraphs (2) through (5) of the New Civil Code also apply to the division of an estate for which succession commenced before the Effective Date. In this case, the phrase "before ten years have elapsed from the time the succession opened" in item (i) of Article 904-3 of the New Civil Code is deemed to be replaced with "until the later of the time when ten years have elapsed from the time the succession opened and the time when five years have elapsed from the time of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 24 of 2021)", the phrase "the ten-year period" in item (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the ten-year period (in the case where the five-year period starting from the time of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. expires after the expiration of the ten-year period starting from the time the succession opened, the five-year period starting from the time of enforcement of that Act)", and the phrase "ten years from the time the succession opened" in the proviso to Article 908, paragraph (2), the proviso to paragraph (3), the proviso to paragraph (4), and the proviso to paragraph (5) of the New Civil Code is deemed to be replaced with "the later of the time when ten years have elapsed from the time the succession opened and the time when five years have elapsed from the time of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc.". machine translation, not official ### 第四条（相続財産の清算に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Liquidation of the Estate caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4 **第一項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1 An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の管理人は、新民法第九百四十条第一項及び第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条までの規定の適用については、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任された相続財産の清算人とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2 An administrator to the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 940, paragraph (1) and Articles 953 through 956 of the New Civil Code, to be a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第三項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の管理人の選任の請求（施行日前に当該請求に係る審判が確定したものを除く。）は、施行日以後は、新民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定によりされた相続財産の清算人の選任の請求とみなす。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3 A request for the appointment of an administrator to the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date (excluding one for which the adjudication relating to that request became final and binding before the Effective Date) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a request for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate made pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code. machine translation, not official **第四項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により相続財産の管理人が選任された場合における当該相続財産の管理人の選任の公告、相続債権者及び受遺者に対する請求の申出をすべき旨の公告及び催告、相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済並びにその弁済のための相続財産の換価、相続債権者及び受遺者の換価手続への参加、不当な弁済をした相続財産の管理人の責任、相続人の捜索の公告、公告期間内に申出をしなかった相続債権者及び受遺者の権利並びに相続人としての権利を主張する者がない場合における相続人、相続債権者及び受遺者の権利については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-4 With regard to the public notice of the appointment of an administrator to the estate, the public notice and demand to the effect that creditors of the succession and legatees are to file their claims, the payment to creditors of the succession and legatees and the realization of the estate for that payment, the participation of creditors of the succession and legatees in the realization process, the liability of an administrator to the estate who made an improper payment, the public notice searching for heirs, the rights of creditors of the succession and legatees who did not file their claims within the public notice period, and the rights of heirs, creditors of the succession and legatees in the case where there is no person asserting rights as an heir, in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第五項** 施行日前に旧民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により相続財産の管理人が選任された場合における特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与については、新民法第九百五十八条の二第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5 With regard to the distribution of the estate to a person with a special connection to the decedent in the case where an administrator to the estate was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Former Civil Code before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 958-2, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Code, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第三十四条（その他の経過措置の政令等への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-24/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-34 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5031-24/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-34/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-24/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十四条 → 民法 附則第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34), suppl-5031-24/art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-34 - suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 民法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2 - suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-1: 第八百九十七条の二 → 民法 第八百九十七条の二 (Article 897-2), art-897-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-897-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-897-2 - suppl-5031-24/art-2/par-2: 新民法第八百九十七条の二 → 民法 第八百九十七条の二 (Article 897-2), art-897-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-897-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-897-2 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 新民法第九百四条の三 → 民法 第九百四条の三 (Article 904-3), art-904-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-904-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-3 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 第九百八条第二項から第五項まで → 民法 第九百八条第二項 (Article 908, paragraph (2)), art-908/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-908/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-908/par-2 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 第九百八条第二項から第五項まで → 民法 第九百八条第三項 (Article 908, paragraph (3)), art-908/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-908/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-908/par-3 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 第九百八条第二項から第五項まで → 民法 第九百八条第四項 (Article 908, paragraph (4)), art-908/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-908/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-908/par-4 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 第九百八条第二項から第五項まで → 民法 第九百八条第五項 (Article 908, paragraph (5)), art-908/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-908/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-908/par-5 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 新民法第九百四条の三第一号 → 民法 第九百四条の三第一項第一号 (Article 904-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-904-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-904-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-3/par-1/item-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-3/par-1: 同条第二号 → 民法 第九百四条の三第一項第二号 (Article 904-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-904-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-904-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-3/par-1/item-2 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-1: 新民法第九百三十六条第一項 → 民法 第九百三十六条第一項 (Article 936, paragraph (1)), art-936/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-936/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-936/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 新民法第九百四十条第一項 → 民法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-940/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十三条 (Article 953), art-953 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-953 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-953 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十四条 (Article 954), art-954 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-954 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-954 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十五条 (Article 955), art-955 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-955 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 第九百五十三条から第九百五十六条まで → 民法 第九百五十六条 (Article 956), art-956 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-956 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-956 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-2: 新民法第九百五十二条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第一項 (Article 952, paragraph (1)), art-952/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-3: 新民法第九百五十二条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第一項 (Article 952, paragraph (1)), art-952/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-1 - suppl-5031-24/art-4/par-5: 新民法第九百五十八条の二第二項 → 民法 第九百五十八条の二第二項 (Article 958-2, paragraph (2)), art-958-2/par-2 — 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