44th Meeting (April 3rd, 2012)

Agenda

 Discussion on issues for reforming the Civil Code (law of obligations)

Summary of minutes

1  Discussion on issues for reforming the Civil Code (law of obligations)

   Members discussed issues for reforming the Civil Code (law of obligations) based on Material No. 36 (distributed at the 41st meeting). Concrete issues discussed are as follows.

       Guarantee obligation.

 

  Among issues for deliberation, the following issues were left to sectional meetings for supplementary discussion:

       ・ “Joint and several guarantee – the effect of demand of performance vis-à-vis joint and several guarantor” (Material No.36, Part II, 6)

       Among “Revolving guarantee,” “Expansion of the scope of application of the provision” (Material No.36, Part II, 7(1))

       “Improvement of measures to protect guarantors” (Material No.36, Part II, 8)

 

  The issues for deliberation listed in Material No.37 were left to later meetings.

 

2  Report

      The Chair reported that the issues which were decided to left to sectional meetings for supplementary discussion would be deliberated at the First Sectional Meeting.

Materials

 Omitted.