Supplementary Provisions, Article 18Transitional Measures Concerning the Case Where the Withdrawal of an Action or of an Appeal to the Court of Second Instance Is Made Orally
第十八条（訴え又は控訴の取下げが口頭でされたときに関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 261, paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 292, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) and paragraph (5) of that Article apply to the recording in the electronic record for the court date, and the service of that record, in the case where the withdrawal of an action or of an appeal to the court of second instance is made orally in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the entry in the record for the court date, and the service of that record, in the case where the withdrawal of an action or of an appeal to the court of second instance is made orally in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date.
第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百六十一条第四項（第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百九十二条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第五項の規定は、訴えに係る事件であって施行日以後に提起されるものにおける訴えの取下げ又は控訴の取下げが口頭でされた場合における期日の電子調書の記録及びその送達について適用し、訴えに係る事件であって施行日前に提起されたものにおける訴えの取下げ又は控訴の取下げが口頭でされた場合における期日の調書の記載及びその送達については、なお従前の例による。