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From Reference Codes Japanese CC
JAPANESE CIVIL CODE OF 1896
- Based on the English Translation by: J. E. de Becker (1909 – 1910). Annotated Civil Code of Japan. London: Butterworth & Co. [Available on Google Books and Archive.org: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4]
- "INDEX TO ARTICLES" in his another work offers additional information: J. E. de Becker (1921). The Principles and Practice of Civil Code of Japan. London: Butterworth & Co. [Available on Archive.org]
BOOK I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Chapter VI. Prescription.
Title II. Acquisitive Prescription.
Article 162.
- [I] A person who has peacefully and publicly possessed a thing belonging to another during twenty years with the intention of ownership acquires the ownership thereof.
- [II] A person who has possessed an immovable belonging to another person peacefully and publicly during ten years with the intention of ownership acquires the ownership thereof provided that he acted in good faith and was without fault at the beginning of the possession.
《References by de Becker》
- (In reference vide Arts. 140 - 143, 180, 185, 187 and 192; also Art. 937 of the German Civil Code.)
Article 163.
- Any person who has peacefully and publicly exercised property rights other than ownership with the intention of so doing on his own account, acquires such rights after twenty years or ten years in accordance with the distinction of the preceding Article.
《References by de Becker》
- (In reference vide Arts. 192, 205 and 399.)
Article 164.
- The prescription of Article 162 is interrupted when the possessor has voluntarily suspended his possession or has been dispossessed by another person.
《References by de Becker》
- (In reference vide Art. 148, Paragraph 1 of Art. 200, Paragraph 3 of Art. 201 and Art. 203; also Art. 940 of the German Civil Code.)
Article 165.
- The provisions of the preceding Article apply correspondingly with regard to the case contemplated in Article 163.
《References by de Becker》
- (In reference vide Art. 190.)
