# 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-5061-33` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33 - 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 令和六年五月二四日法律第三三号 suppl-5061-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/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、附則第十六条から第十八条まで及び第十九条第一項の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 16 through Article 18 and Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-2 **第一項** 第一条の規定による改正後の民法（以下「新民法」という。）の規定は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、同条の規定による改正前の民法（附則第六条において「旧民法」という。）の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-5061-33/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-2/par-1 The provisions of the Civil Code as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Civil Code") also apply to matters that arose before the enforcement of this Act, except where there are special provisions in these Supplementary Provisions; provided, however, that this does not prevent the effect that arose under the provisions of the Civil Code prior to the amendment by the provisions of that Article (referred to as the "Former Civil Code" in Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions). machine translation, not official ### 第三条（子の監護費用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Child Custody Expenses caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-3 **第一項** 新民法第三百六条第三号及び第三百八条の二の規定は、同条に規定する定期金債権のうちこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に生じた各期の定期金について適用する。 suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Article 306, item (iii) and Article 308-2 of the New Civil Code apply to the periodic payments for each period, among the claims for periodic payments prescribed in that Article, that arose on or after the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 新民法第七百六十六条の三（新民法第七百四十九条、第七百七十一条及び第七百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日前に離婚し、婚姻が取り消され、又は認知した場合については、適用しない。 suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2 The provisions of Article 766-3 of the New Civil Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 749, 771 and 788 of the New Civil Code) do not apply in a case where a person divorced, a marriage was rescinded, or a person acknowledged parentage before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（財産分与に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Division of Property caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-4 **第一項** 施行日前に離婚し、又は婚姻が取り消された場合における財産の分与に関する処分を家庭裁判所に請求することができる期間の制限については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5061-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-4/par-1 With regard to the restriction on the period during which a request may be made to the family court for a disposition concerning the division of property in the case where a person divorced or a marriage was rescinded before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（離婚原因に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Grounds for Divorce caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-5 **第一項** 離婚の訴えに係る事件であって、施行日前に、控訴審の口頭弁論が終結したもの又は第一審の判決に対して上告をする権利を留保して控訴をしない旨の合意をしたものについての離婚の訴えを提起することができる事由については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5061-33/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-5/par-1 With regard to the grounds on which an action for divorce may be filed in a case concerning an action for divorce in which, before the Effective Date, oral argument at the court of second instance has been concluded or an agreement has been made not to file an appeal while reserving the right to file a final appeal against the judgment of the court of first instance, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第六条（親権者の変更の請求に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Requests to Change the Person with Parental Authority caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-6 **第一項** 施行日前に旧民法第八百十九条第六項（旧民法第七百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によりされた親権者の変更の請求（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、新民法第八百十九条第六項（新民法第七百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によりされた親権者の変更の請求とみなす。 suppl-5061-33/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-6/par-1 A request to change the person with parental authority made before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (6) of the Former Civil Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 749 of the Former Civil Code) (excluding a request for which the adjudication pertaining to that request became final and binding before the Effective Date) is deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be a request to change the person with parental authority made pursuant to the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (6) of the New Civil Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 749 of the New Civil Code). machine translation, not official ### 第十六条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-16 **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-5061-33/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-16/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 ### 第十七条（啓発活動） — Awareness-Raising Activities caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-17 **第一項** 政府は、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（次条及び附則第十九条第二項において「改正後の各法律」という。）の円滑な施行のため、新民法第七百六十六条第一項又は第二項（これらの規定を新民法第七百四十九条、第七百七十一条及び第七百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により子の監護について必要な事項を定めることの重要性について父母が理解と関心を深めることができるよう、必要な広報その他の啓発活動を行うものとする。 suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1 In order to ensure the smooth enforcement of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (referred to as "the respective Acts as amended" in the following Article and Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions), the government is to carry out necessary public relations and other awareness-raising activities so that parents may deepen their understanding of and interest in the importance of determining matters necessary for the custody of a child pursuant to the provisions of Article 766, paragraph (1) or (2) of the New Civil Code (including where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 749, 771 and 788 of the New Civil Code). machine translation, not official ### 第十八条（周知） — Public Awareness caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-18 **第一項** 政府は、改正後の各法律の円滑な施行のため、新民法第八百十九条各項の規定による親権者の定め方、新民法第八百二十四条の二第一項第三号の急迫の事情の意義、同条第二項の監護及び教育に関する日常の行為の意義その他の改正後の各法律の規定の趣旨及び内容について、国民に周知を図るものとする。 suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1 In order to ensure the smooth enforcement of the respective Acts as amended, the government is to work to make the public aware of the method of determining the person with parental authority under the provisions of each paragraph of Article 819 of the New Civil Code, the meaning of pressing circumstances in Article 824-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the New Civil Code, the meaning of day-to-day acts concerning custody and education in paragraph (2) of that Article, and the purport and content of the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, such as these. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5061-33/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-19 **第一項** 政府は、施行日までに、父母が協議上の離婚をする場合における新民法第八百十九条第一項の規定による親権者の定めが父母の双方の真意に出たものであることを確認するための措置について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な法制上の措置その他の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 By the Effective Date, the government is to study measures for confirming that the determination of the person with parental authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Code, in the case where the parents divorce by agreement, reflects the genuine intention of both parents, and to take necessary legislative and other measures based on the results. machine translation, not official **第二項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、改正後の各法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、父母の離婚後の子の養育に係る制度及び支援施策の在り方等について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 Approximately five years after this Act comes into effect, the government is to study the state of the system and support measures concerning the upbringing of children after the divorce of their parents, etc., taking into consideration the status of enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended, and if it finds it necessary, is to take necessary measures based on the results. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 附則第十六条から第十八条まで → 民法 附則第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16), suppl-5061-33/art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-16 - suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 附則第十六条から第十八条まで → 民法 附則第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17), suppl-5061-33/art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-17 - suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 附則第十六条から第十八条まで → 民法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-5061-33/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-18 - suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 民法 附則第十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (1)), suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 - suppl-5061-33/art-2/par-1: 附則第六条 → 民法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-5061-33/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-6 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1: 新民法第三百六条第三号 → 民法 第三百六条第一項第三号 (Article 306, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-306/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-3 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1: 第三百八条の二 → 民法 第三百八条の二 (Article 308-2), art-308-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-308-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-308-2 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2: 新民法第七百六十六条の三 → 民法 第七百六十六条の三 (Article 766-3), art-766-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-766-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-3 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2: 新民法第七百四十九条 → 民法 第七百四十九条 (Article 749), art-749 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-749 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2: 第七百七十一条 → 民法 第七百七十一条 (Article 771), art-771 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-771 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-771 - suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-2: 第七百八十八条 → 民法 第七百八十八条 (Article 788), art-788 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-788 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-788 - suppl-5061-33/art-6/par-1: 新民法第八百十九条第六項 → 民法 第八百十九条第六項 (Article 819, paragraph (6)), art-819/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-819/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-819/par-6 - suppl-5061-33/art-6/par-1: 新民法第七百四十九条 → 民法 第七百四十九条 (Article 749), art-749 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-749 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 次条 → 民法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-5061-33/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-18 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 附則第十九条第二項 → 民法 附則第十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (2)), suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 新民法第七百六十六条第一項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第一項 (Article 766, paragraph (1)), art-766/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-766/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-1 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 第二項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第二項 (Article 766, paragraph (2)), art-766/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-766/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-2 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 新民法第七百四十九条 → 民法 第七百四十九条 (Article 749), art-749 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-749 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 第七百七十一条 → 民法 第七百七十一条 (Article 771), art-771 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-771 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-771 - suppl-5061-33/art-17/par-1: 第七百八十八条 → 民法 第七百八十八条 (Article 788), art-788 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-788 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-788 - suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1: 新民法第八百十九条 → 民法 第八百十九条 (Article 819), art-819 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-819 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-819 - suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1: 新民法第八百二十四条の二第一項第三号 → 民法 第八百二十四条の二第一項第三号 (Article 824-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-824-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1/item-3 - suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1: 同条第二項 → 民法 第八百二十四条の二第二項 (Article 824-2, paragraph (2)), art-824-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-2 - suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1: 新民法第八百十九条第一項 → 民法 第八百十九条第一項 (Article 819, paragraph (1)), art-819/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-819/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-819/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. 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