Article 137-2Denial of Complaint in Case of Failure to Pay the Fees for Filing an Action
第百三十七条の二（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下）
If a person does not pay the fees for filing an action in accordance with the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings (Act No. 40 of 1971), a court clerk must specify a reasonable time frame and order them to pay the fees within that time frame.
民事訴訟費用等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第四十号）の規定に従い訴えの提起の手数料を納付しない場合には、裁判所書記官は、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に当該手数料を納付すべきことを命ずる処分をしなければならない。
A disposition as referred to in the preceding paragraph takes effect when notice is given by a means that is considered appropriate.
前項の処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。
Any objection to a disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) must be filed within an inalterable time frame of one week from the day on which the notice is received.
第一項の処分に対する異議の申立ては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内にしなければならない。
An objection under the preceding paragraph has the effect of a stay of enforcement.
前項の異議の申立ては、執行停止の効力を有する。
If an objection under paragraph (3) is filed and the court finds that the person will need to pay an amount of fees for filing an action that exceeds the amount the person was ordered to pay in the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), the court must specify a reasonable time frame and order the person to pay that amount within that time frame.
In a case as referred to in paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, if the plaintiff fails to pay the fees they have been ordered to pay, the presiding judge must issue an order denying the complaint.
An immediate appeal may be filed against an order as referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who files it fails to pay fees for filing an action under the provisions of the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings as calculated according to the value of the subject matter of litigation that the person finds to be appropriate.
前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。ただし、即時抗告をした者が、その者において相当と認める訴訟の目的の価額に応じて算出される民事訴訟費用等に関する法律の規定による訴えの提起の手数料を納付しないときは、この限りでない。
In a case as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the court of prior instance must deny the immediate appeal.
前項ただし書の場合には、原裁判所は、その即時抗告を却下しなければならない。
No appeal may be entered against a ruling on a petition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。