In the cases listed in the following items, if it is impossible for service to be effected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (unless the service may be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 109-2), the court clerk may send the document to the place specified in the relevant item by registered mail or using the correspondence delivery services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that are provided by a general correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, and which are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as constituting services equivalent to registered mail (referred to below as "registered mail or equivalent services" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)):
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 103:the place specified in Article 103, paragraph (1);
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2):the place stated in that paragraph;
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (3):the place stated in that paragraph (or, if this is the person's workplace, the person's address as indicated in the case record).
If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, any document to be served subsequently may be sent by registered mail or equivalent services to the place specified in item (ii) or (iii) of that paragraph.
If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the document is deemed to have been served at the time it is sent.
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(Place for Service)
Service of documents is effected at the domicile, residence, place of business, or business office of the person being served (referred to below as the person's "address" in this Subsection)…
書類の送達は、送達を受けるべき者の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所（以下この款において「住所等」という。）においてする。ただし、法定代理人に対する書類の送達は、本人の営業所又は事務所においてもすることができる。
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Service of documents is effected at the domicile, residence, place of business, or business office of the person being served (referred to below as the person's "address" in this Subsection)…
書類の送達は、送達を受けるべき者の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所（以下この款において「住所等」という。）においてする。ただし、法定代理人に対する書類の送達は、本人の営業所又は事務所においてもすることができる。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if a notification has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph…
前項前段の規定による届出があった場合には、書類の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、その届出に係る場所においてする。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, any subsequent service of documents upon a person that does not submit a notification pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of…
第一項前段の規定による届出をしない者で次の各号に掲げる送達を受けたものに対するその後の書類の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、それぞれ当該各号に定める場所においてする。
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If a person effecting service of a document does not find the person that is to be served at the non-workplace location where service is to be effected…
就業場所以外の書類の送達をすべき場所において送達を受けるべき者に出会わないときは、使用人その他の従業者又は同居者であって、書類の受領について相当のわきまえのあるものに書類を交付することができる。郵便の業務に従事する者が日本郵便株式会社の営業所において書類を交付すべきときも、同様とする。
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In the cases listed in the following items, if it is impossible for service to be effected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article…
前条の規定により送達をすることができない場合（第百九条の二の規定により送達をすることができる場合を除く。）には、裁判所書記官は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める場所に宛てて…
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if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2):the place stated in that paragraph;
第百四条第二項の規定による送達をすべき場合 同項の場所
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if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (3):the place stated in that paragraph…
第百四条第三項の規定による送達をすべき場合 同項の場所（その場所が就業場所である場合にあっては、訴訟記録に表れたその者の住所等）
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If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, any document to be served subsequently may be sent by…
前項第二号又は第三号の規定により書類を書留郵便等に付して発送した場合には、その後に送達すべき書類は、同項第二号又は第三号に定める場所に宛てて、書留郵便等に付して発送することができる。
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If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the document is deemed to have been served at the time it is sent.
前二項の規定により書類を書留郵便等に付して発送した場合には、その発送の時に、送達があったものとみなす。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, it is permissible to serve an electronic or magnetic record by taking measures that enable the person being served to inspect…
電磁的記録の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、送達すべき電磁的記録に記録されている事項につき次条第一項第一号の閲覧又は同項第二号の記録をすることができる措置をとるとともに、送達を受けるべき者に対し…
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「住所等」
In Subsection 2 (service of documents) of Section 4 of Part I, Chapter V, the domicile, residence, place of business or business office of the person to be served, where documents are served on them.
Short name set inArticle 103, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
workplace
「就業場所」
The domicile, residence, place of business or business office of another person at which the person to be served works under employment, a mandate (委任) or another legal act — a place where documents may be served on them.
Short name set inArticle 103, paragraph (2)
registered mail or equivalent services
「書留郵便等」
In Article 107, paragraphs (1) to (3), registered mail, or a correspondence delivery service (信書便) provided by a general or specified correspondence delivery operator under the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that the Rules of the Supreme Court (最高裁判所規則) specify as equivalent to registered mail.
Short name set inArticle 107, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 107, paragraphs (2) and (3)
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.