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The Civil Code of Japan translated in the following pages was passed by the Diet in March, 1896, and was promulgated on the 2 3rd. Of the following month, the date of its operation being left for subsequent determination by Imperial Decree. This Decree has not yet appeared, but in view of Japan's treaty engagements it may be assumed that the date of operation will not be later than the middle of July of next year. In its present form the Code is still incomplete, the portions relating to succession and to family law not having yet been submitted to the Diet.
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