Supplementary Provisions, Article 16Transitional Measures Concerning Examinations of Evidence That Involve the Content of Information Recorded in Electronic or Magnetic Records
第十六条（電磁的記録に記録された情報の内容に係る証拠調べに関する経過措置）
With regard to examinations of evidence that involve the content of information recorded in electronic or magnetic records in cases before the Article 2 amendment, the provisions of Article 231-2 and Article 231-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply by deeming the phrase "submitting a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" in Article 231-2, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment to be replaced with "submitting a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded", and the phrase "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" in Article 231-3, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment to be replaced with "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored".
第二条改正前事件における電磁的記録に記録された情報の内容に係る証拠調べについては、第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百三十一条の二第二項中「方法又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する方法」とあるのは「方法」と、第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百三十一条の三第二項中「若しくは送付し、又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する」とあるのは「又は送付する」として、第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百三十一条の二及び第二百三十一条の三の規定を適用する。