Reliability note

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Bill to Partially Amend the Civil Code and Related Acts

民法等の一部を改正する法律案

Published: not stated by the source · Source: House of Representatives — Diet Bills · Stage: Enacted · Area: Other · Impact (preliminary): Medium · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-08-06

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AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

This item is a Cabinet-submitted bill to partially amend Japan's Civil Code (Minpo) and related laws, listed in the House of Representatives (Shugiin) legislative information. The provided status field indicates the bill's deliberation status as passed ('seiritsu'), submitted during the 221st Diet session, number 43. The specific contents of the amendments are not described in the provided metadata.

Business Impact

Amendments to the Civil Code and related laws could affect a broad range of private legal relationships, so organizations may wish to assess whether any changes are relevant to their operations.

Recommended Action

Consider reviewing the official House of Representatives source and the full text of the bill to confirm its scope, status, and effective date.

Timeline of related official records

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  1. Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 221) 民法等の一部を改正する法律案(審議状況:成立) (this update) Original Japanese source

What happens next

The House of Representatives lists this bill as enacted (成立). Promulgation of the resulting law has not yet been matched by this dashboard; the official gazette and e-Gov Law Search are authoritative.