# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（離婚原因に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5061-33/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五条（離婚原因に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Grounds for Divorce
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<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-20261011T170941-028, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11