Chapter VII Filing Motions and Statements Using an Electronic Data Processing System
第七章 電子情報処理組織による申立て等
Article 132-10Filing Motions and Statements Using an Electronic Data Processing System
第百三十二条の十（電子情報処理組織による申立て等）
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Code or other laws and regulations concerning a motion or statement that is part of proceedings for a civil action (referred to below as a "motion or statement"), a person may file a motion or statement that, pursuant to the provisions of those laws or regulations, is to be filed using a paper document (meaning using a paper document, piece of writing, written material, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, extra copy, or other piece of paper or tangible object bearing characters, shapes, and other such information that can be perceived using the human senses; the same applies in this Chapter), and that the person is filing with the court (including one that a person is filing with the court's presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge, or court clerk), by using an electronic data processing system as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court pursuant to their Rules to record the information required to be stated in the paper document into the court's computer files.
民事訴訟に関する手続における申立てその他の申述（以下「申立て等」という。）のうち、当該申立て等に関するこの法律その他の法令の規定により書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。以下この章において同じ。）をもってするものとされているものであって、裁判所に対してするもの（当該裁判所の裁判長、受命裁判官、受託裁判官又は裁判所書記官に対してするものを含む。）については、当該法令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、最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用して当該書面等に記載すべき事項をファイルに記録する方法により行うことができる。
A motion or statement that has been filed by the means referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to below as an "electronically filed motion or statement" in this Article) is deemed to have been filed using the paper document provided for in the provisions of laws and regulations concerning motions and statements which provide that the motion or statement in question is to be filed using a paper document; and the provisions of those laws and regulations and other laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question apply.
An electronically filed motion or statement is deemed to arrive at the court when the information that it contains is recorded in the court's computer files.
電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等は、当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に係る事項がファイルに記録された時に、当該裁判所に到達したものとみなす。
Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws and regulations, in a case as referred to in paragraph (1), a person filing a motion or statement that they are to affix their name to (meaning to sign the paper document, print or stamp their name on it, affix their seal to it, or otherwise include their name or trade name in it; the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations concerning that motion or statement, in lieu of affixing their name, must take measures to clarify their name or trade name, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
Notwithstanding the provisions of laws and regulations that concern the electronically filed motion or statement in question, if a motion or statement has been filed electronically, the service of that motion or statement is effected by serving the relevant person with an electronic or magnetic record giving the information that has been recorded in the court's computer files through the electronic filing.
電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等がされたときは、当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に係る送達は、当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に係る法令の規定にかかわらず、当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等によりファイルに記録された事項に係る電磁的記録の送達によってする。
Service of an electronically filed motion or statement that has been effected by the means referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been effected by the means of service provided for in the provisions of laws and regulations that concern that electronically filed motion or statement, and the provisions of laws and regulations that concern that service and of other laws and regulations that concern that electronically filed motion or statement apply.
前項の方法により行われた電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に係る送達については、当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に関する法令の規定に規定する送達の方法により行われたものとみなして、当該送達に関する法令その他の当該電子情報処理組織を使用する申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。
第百三十二条の十一（電子情報処理組織による申立て等の特例）
A person as stated in one of the following items must file motions and statements in a case as provided in that item by the means referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is permissible to file an oral motion or statement, and the person does this:
a litigation representative who has been entrusted with handling a case (excluding a person who became a litigation representative with permission under the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (1)):the case they have been entrusted with handling;
訴訟代理人のうち委任を受けたもの（第五十四条第一項ただし書の許可を得て訴訟代理人となったものを除く。） 当該委任を受けた事件
a person designated under the provisions of Article 2, Article 5, paragraph (1), Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 6-2, paragraph (4) or (5), Article 6-3, paragraph (4) or (5), or Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Authority of the Minister of Justice over Suits Relating to the Interests of the State (Act No. 194 of 1947):the case subject to the designation;
国の利害に関係のある訴訟についての法務大臣の権限等に関する法律（昭和二十二年法律第百九十四号）第二条、第五条第一項、第六条第二項、第六条の二第四項若しくは第五項、第六条の三第四項若しくは第五項又は第七条第三項の規定による指定を受けた者 当該指定の対象となった事件
an official entrusted with handling a case under the provisions of Article 153, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947):the case they have been entrusted with handling.
地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第百五十三条第一項の規定による委任を受けた職員 当該委任を受けた事件
The persons stated in the items of the preceding paragraph must make a notification referred to in the proviso to Article 109-2, paragraph (1).
The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply if a person stated in an item of that paragraph is unable to file a motion or statement using an electronic data processing system due to the failure of a computer used by the court or any other grounds not attributable to that person.
Article 132-12Filing a Motion or Statement Using a Paper Document
第百三十二条の十二（書面等による申立て等）
When a person files a motion or statement using a paper document (unless it is filed in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article), the court clerk must record the information given in that paper document (excluding the information specified in the following items for the cases stated in those items) in the court's computer files; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are circumstances that make it difficult to record that information in the court's computer files:
if a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) (limited to one filed because the grounds stated in item (ii) of that paragraph exist) concerning the paper document used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document; and if the use of a trade secret detailed in that paper document for purposes other than conducting the suit, or the disclosure of that trade secret, would likely interfere with the party's business activities that are based on the trade secret, and the court finds it to be particularly necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files in order to prevent this (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the trade secret detailed in that paper document;
if a notification under the provisions of Article 133, paragraph (2) is submitted using a paper document:the information detailed in that paper document; and
if a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document that has been used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph which is detailed in that paper document.
Notwithstanding the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question, service of an electronic or magnetic record giving the information recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph may be substituted for the service of a motion or statement that has been filed using a paper document detailing information that has been recorded into the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Service of a motion or statement that has been effected by the means referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been effected by the means of service prescribed in the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question, and the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the service in question and of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question apply.
Article 132-13Recording the Information Detailed in Paper Documents into the Court's Computer Files
第百三十二条の十三（書面等に記録された事項のファイルへの記録等）
In addition to the information detailed in a paper document used to file a motion or statement prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the court clerk must record the information detailed in paper documents, and in recording media containing electronic or magnetic records, that have been submitted to the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any other laws and regulations in connection with civil litigation proceedings (excluding the information specified in the following items in the cases stated in those items) into the court's computer files; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are circumstances that make it difficult to record that information in the court's computer file:
if a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) (limited to one filed because the grounds stated in item (ii) of that paragraph exist) concerning the paper document or recording medium is filed together with these submissions; and if the use of a trade secret detailed in that paper document or recording medium for purposes other than conducting the suit, or the disclosure of that trade secret, would likely interfere with the party's business activities that are based on that trade secret, and the court finds it to be particularly necessary to exclude that information from its computer files in order to prevent this (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the trade secret detailed in that paper document or recording medium;
if a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article is filed through the submission of a recording medium:the information recorded in that recording medium;
当該記録媒体を提出する方法により次条第二項の規定による届出があった場合 当該記録媒体に記録された事項
if a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document or recording medium in question is filed together with that submission, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless the petition is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition becomes final and binding):the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph which is detailed in that paper document or recording medium;
当該書面等又は当該記録媒体について、これらの提出とともに第百三十三条の二第二項の申立てがされた場合において、裁判所が必要があると認めるとき（当該申立てが却下されたとき又は当該申立てに係る決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。） 当該書面等又は当該記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された同項に規定する秘匿事項記載部分
if a ruling under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1) has been made, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition becomes final and binding):the information detailed in the paper documents connected with that ruling, or in recording media containing the electronic or magnetic records connected with that ruling.
第百三十三条の三第一項の規定による決定があった場合において、裁判所が必要があると認めるとき（当該決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。） 当該決定に係る書面等及び電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された事項