A retrial must be demanded within an inalterable time frame of 30 days from the day on which a party has become aware of the grounds for retrial, after the judgment has become final and binding.
再審の訴えは、当事者が判決の確定した後再審の事由を知った日から三十日の不変期間内に提起しなければならない。
It is not permissible to demand a retrial once five years have elapsed from the day on which the judgment becomes final and binding (or, if grounds for retrial occur after the judgment becomes final and binding, the day on which the grounds for retrial occur).
判決が確定した日（再審の事由が判決の確定した後に生じた場合にあっては、その事由が発生した日）から五年を経過したときは、再審の訴えを提起することができない。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to a demand for a retrial filed on the grounds of a lack of representative authority, which is among the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iii), nor do they apply to the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (x).
前二項の規定は、第三百三十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事由のうち代理権を欠いたこと及び同項第十号に掲げる事由を理由とする再審の訴えには、適用しない。