A person who has effected service must prepare a paper document, enter information about the service in it, and submit it to the court.
送達をした者は、書面を作成し、送達に関する事項を記載して、これを裁判所に提出しなければならない。
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, in lieu of submitting a paper document under the provisions of that paragraph, the person who effected the service may record the information to be stated in that paper document in the court's computer files using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or may submit a recording medium containing an electronic or magnetic record of the information to be stated in that paper document, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. In such a case, the person who effected the service is deemed to have submitted the paper document referred to in that paragraph.
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(Return of Service)
A person who has effected service must prepare a paper document, enter information about the service in it, and submit it to the court.
送達をした者は、書面を作成し、送達に関する事項を記載して、これを裁判所に提出しなければならない。
Open this provisionelectronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 3-7, paragraph (3)
computer files
「ファイル」
A file stored on a computer used by the court (including its input and output devices), in which information is recorded under this Code or other laws and regulations — called simply "file" from Article 91-2, paragraph (1) on, except in Article 91-2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 91-3 and Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii).
Short name set inArticle 91-2, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Article 91-2, paragraphs (2) and (3); Article 91-3; and Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)
electronic data processing systemmachine translation
「電子情報処理組織」
An electronic data processing system linking a computer used by the court with a computer used by the person dealing with the court in the proceedings (手続の相手方) through a telecommunications line.
Defined inArticle 91-2, paragraph (2)
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.