# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第一章 (Chapter 1) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 仲裁法 (Arbitration Act), 平成十五年法律第百三十八号 - English title "Arbitration Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第一章 (Chapter 1) — address `ch-1` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-06-13 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 13 June 2028 — the amending law allows up to five years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20280613_505AC0000000053) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/ch-1 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1 ### 第一条（趣旨） — (Purpose) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-1 **第一項** 仲裁地が日本国内にある仲裁手続及び仲裁手続に関して裁判所が行う手続については、他の法令に定めるもののほか、この法律の定めるところによる。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-1/par-1 Arbitration procedures of which the place of arbitration is in Japan and procedures carried out by the court for an arbitration procedure are governed by the provisions of this Act in addition to the provisions of other laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-2 **第一項** この法律において「仲裁合意」とは、既に生じた民事上の紛争又は将来において生ずる一定の法律関係（契約に基づくものであるかどうかを問わない。）に関する民事上の紛争の全部又は一部の解決を一人又は二人以上の仲裁人にゆだね、かつ、その判断（以下「仲裁判断」という。）に服する旨の合意をいう。 art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-2/par-1 The term "arbitration agreement" as used in this Act means an agreement to refer the resolution of all or certain civil disputes which have already arisen or which may arise in the future in respect to a certain legal relationship (irrespective of whether contractual or not) to one or more arbitrators, and to accept the determined award (hereinafter referred to as an "arbitral award"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律において「仲裁廷」とは、仲裁合意に基づき、その対象となる民事上の紛争について審理し、仲裁判断を行う一人の仲裁人又は二人以上の仲裁人の合議体をいう。 art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-2/par-2 The term "arbitral tribunal" as used in this Act means a single arbitrator or a panel of two or more arbitrators that carries out proceedings and makes an arbitral award in regard to the subject civil disputes based on an arbitration agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律において「主張書面」とは、仲裁手続において当事者が作成して仲裁廷に提出する書面であって、当該当事者の主張が記載されているものをいう。 art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-2/par-3 The term "written allegation" as used in this Act means documents which the parties prepare and submit to the arbitral tribunal in an arbitration procedure, and in which the allegations of the parties are stated. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条（適用範囲） — (Scope of Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-3 **第一項** 次章から第七章まで、第九章及び第十章の規定は、次項及び第八条に定めるものを除き、仲裁地が日本国内にある場合について適用する。 art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-3/par-1 Except for the matters provided for in the following paragraph and Article 8, the provisions of the following Chapter through Chapter VII and the provisions of Chapters IX and X apply to the case in which the place of arbitration is in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十六条第一項及び第十七条の規定は、仲裁地が日本国内にある場合、仲裁地が日本国外にある場合及び仲裁地が定まっていない場合に適用する。 art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-3/par-2 The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) and Article 17 apply to the case in which the place of arbitration is in or outside Japan, or has yet to be determined. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第八章の規定は、仲裁地が日本国内にある場合及び仲裁地が日本国外にある場合に適用する。 art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-3/par-3 The provisions of Chapter VIII apply to the case in which the place of arbitration is in or outside Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（裁判所の関与） — (Participation of the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-4 **第一項** 仲裁手続に関しては、裁判所は、この法律に規定する場合に限り、その権限を行使することができる。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-4/par-1 The court may exercise its authority over an arbitration procedure only in the case provided for in this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（裁判所の管轄） — (Jurisdiction of the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5 **第一項** この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る事件は、次に掲げる裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1 The cases related to the procedures carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the following courts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者が合意により定めた地方裁判所 art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1/item-1 the district court determined by an agreement between the parties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 仲裁地（一の地方裁判所の管轄区域のみに属する地域を仲裁地として定めた場合に限る。）を管轄する地方裁判所 art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1/item-2 the district court which has jurisdiction over the place of arbitration (limited to the case where an area that belongs only to a jurisdictional district of a single district court is determined to be the place of arbitration); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該事件の被申立人の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 art-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1/item-3 the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the general venue of the respondent of the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、仲裁地が日本国内にあるときは、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る申立ては、東京地方裁判所及び大阪地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a petition on a proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act may be filed with the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court if the place of arbitration is in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の規定により二以上の裁判所が管轄権を有するときは、先に申立てがあった裁判所が管轄する。 art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-3 If two or more courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the court which first received a petition has jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る事件の全部又は一部がその管轄に属しないと認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、これを管轄裁判所に移送しなければならない。 art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-4 If the court finds that the whole or part of the case related to the procedures carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act is not under its jurisdiction, it must transfer the whole or part of that case to the court with jurisdiction, upon petition or on its own initiative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第三項の規定により管轄する事件について、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、当該事件の全部又は一部を同項の規定により管轄権を有しないこととされた裁判所に移送することができる。 art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-5 If it finds it appropriate, the court that has jurisdiction over the case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) may transfer the whole or part of that case to the court that is not vested with jurisdiction over the case pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, upon petition or on its own initiative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六条（任意的口頭弁論） — (Optional Oral Arguments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-6 **第一項** この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る裁判は、口頭弁論を経ないですることができる。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-6/par-1 A judicial decision on a proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act may be made without holding oral arguments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七条（裁判に対する不服申立て） — (Appeal Against Judicial Decision) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-7 **第一項** この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る裁判につき利害関係を有する者は、この法律に特別の定めがある場合に限り、当該裁判に対し、その告知を受けた日から二週間の不変期間内に、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-7/par-1 Any person that has an interest in the judicial decision on a proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decision, within an unextendable period of two weeks from the day on which they received a notice of the judicial decision, only in cases in which there are special provisions allowing the appeal in this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八条（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — (Participation of the Court in the Case in Which the Place of Arbitration Has Yet to Be Determined) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8 **第一項** 裁判所に対する次の各号に掲げる申立ては、仲裁地が定まっていない場合であって、仲裁地が日本国内となる可能性があり、かつ、申立人又は被申立人の普通裁判籍（最後の住所により定まるものを除く。）の所在地が日本国内にあるときも、することができる。この場合においては、当該各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める規定を適用する。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1 The petitions stated in the following items may be filed with a court, even if the place of arbitration has yet to be determined, the place of arbitration may be in Japan, and the location of the general venue of the petitioner or respondent (excluding general venues which are determined by the last domicile) is in Japan. In this case, the provisions stated in the relevant following items apply in accordance with the categories of petition listed in those items: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The petitions stated in the following items may be filed with a court, even if the place of arbitration has yet to be determined, the place of arbitration is likely to be in Japan, and the location of the general venue of the petitioner or respondent (excluding general venues which are determined by the last domicile) is in Japan. In this case, the provisions stated in the relevant following items apply in accordance with the categories of petition listed in those items:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb **一** 第十八条第三項の申立て　同条 art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1/item-1 the petition referred to in Article 18, paragraph (3):Article 18 machine translation, not official **二** 第十九条第二項から第五項までの申立て　同条 art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1/item-2 the petitions referred to in Article 19, paragraphs (2) through (5):Article 19 machine translation, not official **三** 第二十一条第四項の申立て　第二十条及び第二十一条 art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1/item-3 the petition referred to in Article 21, paragraph (4):Articles 20 and 21; and machine translation, not official **四** 第二十二条の申立て　同条 art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1/item-4 the petition referred to in Article 22:Article 22. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合における同項各号に掲げる申立てに係る事件は、第五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、次に掲げる裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), a case related to the petition stated in the items of the preceding paragraph that is filed under the circumstance referred to in that paragraph is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the following courts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前項に規定する普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-2/item-1 the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the general venue provided for in the preceding paragraph; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 東京地方裁判所及び大阪地方裁判所 art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-2/item-2 the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第九条（裁判所が行う手続に係る非電磁的事件記録の閲覧等） — Inspection of Hard-Copy Case Records Related to the Proceeding Carried Out by the Court caption: machine translation, not official art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9 **第一項** この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続について利害関係を有する者（以下「利害関係者」という。）は、裁判所書記官に対し、非電磁的事件記録（事件の記録中次条第一項に規定する電磁的事件記録を除いた部分をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の閲覧又は謄写を請求することができる。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-1 Any person that has an interest in the proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act (hereinafter referred to as an "interested person") may file a request with the court clerk for inspection or copying of hard-copy case records (meaning the part of the records of the case excluding the electronic or magnetic case records prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article). machine translation, not official **第二項** 利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、非電磁的事件記録の正本、謄本又は抄本の交付を請求することができる。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-2 An interested person may file a request with the court clerk for delivery of an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of hard-copy case records. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定は、非電磁的事件記録中の録音テープ又はビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）に関しては、適用しない。この場合において、利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、これらの物の複製を請求することができる。 art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to audio tapes or video tapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by a method equivalent to these) among hard-copy case records. In this case, an interested person may file a request with the court clerk for a duplicate of these objects. machine translation, not official **第四項** 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第九十一条第五項の規定は、第一項及び前項の規定による請求について準用する。 art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-4 The provisions of Article 91, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to a request under paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official ### 第十条（裁判所が行う手続に係る電磁的事件記録の閲覧等） — Inspection of Electronic or Magnetic Case Records Related to the Proceeding Carried Out by the Court caption: machine translation, not official art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10 **第一項** 利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電磁的事件記録（事件の記録中この法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）に備えられたファイル（第三十七条第六項において単に「ファイル」という。）に記録された事項に係る部分をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の内容を最高裁判所規則で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧を請求することができる。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-1 An interested person may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for inspection of the contents of electronic or magnetic case records (meaning the part of the records of the case pertaining to the matters recorded in a file (referred to simply as a "file" in Article 37, paragraph (6)) kept, pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations, on a computer (including its input and output devices; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article) used by the court; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) displayed by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第二項** 利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、電磁的事件記録に記録されている事項について、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（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機と手続の相手方の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。次項及び次条において同じ。）を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法による複写を請求することができる。 art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-2 An interested person may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for a copy of the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case records, made by a method such as recording them in a file kept on the computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court (meaning an electronic data processing system that connects the computer used by the court and the computer used by the other party to the procedure over telecommunication lines; the same applies hereinafter in the following paragraph and the following Article), or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第三項** 利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電磁的事件記録に記録されている事項の全部若しくは一部を記載した書面であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該書面の内容が電磁的事件記録に記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したものを交付し、又は当該事項の全部若しくは一部を記録した電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。）であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該電磁的記録の内容が電磁的事件記録に記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したものを最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法により提供することを請求することができる。 art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-3 An interested person may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the delivery of a document stating all or part of the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case records, for which the court clerk has certified, by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, that the contents of that document are identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case records, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record used in computerized information processing which is created in an electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses; the same applies hereinafter) recording all or part of those matters, for which the court clerk has certified, by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, that the contents of that electronic or magnetic record are identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case records, by a method such as recording it in a file kept on the computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 民事訴訟法第九十一条第五項の規定は、第一項及び第二項の規定による請求について準用する。 art-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-4 The provisions of Article 91, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a request under paragraphs (1) and (2). machine translation, not official ### 第十一条（裁判所が行う手続に係る事件に関する事項の証明） — Certification of Matters Related to the Case Related to the Proceeding Carried Out by the Court caption: machine translation, not official art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-11 **第一項** 利害関係者は、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、事件に関する事項を記載した書面であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該事項を証明したものを交付し、又は当該事項を記録した電磁的記録であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該事項を証明したものを最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法により提供することを請求することができる。 art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-11/par-1 An interested person may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the delivery of a document stating matters related to the case, for which the court clerk has certified those matters by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record recording those matters, for which the court clerk has certified those matters by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method such as recording it in a file kept on the computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official ### 第十二条（裁判所が行う手続についての民事訴訟法の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure to the Proceeding Carried Out by the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-12 **第一項** 特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に関しては、その性質に反しない限り、民事訴訟法第一編から第四編までの規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百三十二条の十一第一項第二号中「第二条」とあるのは、「第九条において準用する同法第二条」と読み替えるものとする。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-12/par-1 Except as otherwise specially provided, the provisions of Parts I through IV of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act, to the extent not contrary to their nature. In this case, the phrase "Article 2" in Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9". machine translation, not official ### 第十三条（最高裁判所規則） — (Rules of the Supreme Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-13 **第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-13/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in this Act, necessary particulars related to the proceeding carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十四条（書面によってする通知） — (Notice to Be Given by Means of Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14 **第一項** 仲裁手続における通知を書面によってするときは、当事者間に別段の合意がない限り、名宛人が直接当該書面を受領した時又は名宛人の住所、常居所、営業所、事務所若しくは配達場所（名宛人が発信人からの書面の配達を受けるべき場所として指定した場所をいう。以下この条において同じ。）に当該書面が配達された時に、通知がされたものとする。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-1 Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, if a notice in an arbitration procedure is to be given by means of documents, the notice is deemed to have been given at the time when the addressee directly receives the document or the time when the document is delivered to the addressee's domicile, habitual residence, business office, office, or place of delivery (meaning the place designated by the addressee as the place of delivery of documents from the sender; hereinafter the same applies in this Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、仲裁手続における書面によってする通知について、当該書面を名宛人の住所、常居所、営業所、事務所又は配達場所に配達することが可能であるが、発信人が当該配達の事実を証明する資料を得ることが困難である場合において、必要があると認めるときは、発信人の申立てにより、裁判所が当該書面の送達をする旨の決定をすることができる。この場合における送達については、民事訴訟法第百四条及び第百十条から第百十三条までの規定は適用しない。 art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-2 With regard to the notice to be given by means of documents in an arbitration procedure, if it is possible to deliver the document to the addressee's domicile, habitual residence, business office, office, or place of delivery of the addressee, but it is difficult for the sender to obtain the materials that prove the fact of delivery, and the court finds it necessary, it may decide that it will serve the document by itself, upon the petition of the sender. The provisions of Article 104, and Articles 110 through 113 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the service in this case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、当事者間に同項の送達を行わない旨の合意がある場合には、適用しない。 art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if an agreement to the effect that the service referred to in that paragraph will not be made has been reached between the parties. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding paragraph not apply if an agreement to the effect that the service referred to in that paragraph will not be made has been reached between the parties." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb **第四項** 第二項の申立てに係る事件は、第五条第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、同条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる裁判所並びに名宛人の住所、常居所、営業所、事務所又は配達場所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2), a case related to the petition referred to in paragraph (2) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts stated in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of that Article and the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the addressee's domicile, habitual residence, business office, office, or place of delivery. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 仲裁手続における通知を書面によってする場合において、名宛人の住所、常居所、営業所、事務所及び配達場所の全てが相当の調査をしても分からないときは、当事者間に別段の合意がない限り、発信人は、名宛人の最後の住所、常居所、営業所、事務所又は配達場所に宛てて当該書面を書留郵便その他配達を試みたことを証明することができる方法により発送すれば足りる。この場合においては、当該書面が通常到達すべきであった時に通知がされたものとする。 art-14/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-5 Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, if a notice in an arbitration procedure is to be given by means of documents, and the addressee's domicile, habitual residence, business office, office, and place of delivery are all impossible to find after making a reasonable inquiry, it is sufficient for the sender to send the document to the addressee's last-known domicile, habitual residence, business office, office, or place of delivery by registered mail or any other means by which they can certify that they have attempted to deliver it. In this case, the notice is deemed to have been given at the time when the document should normally have arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項及び前項の規定は、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続において通知を行う場合については、適用しない。 art-14/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-6 The provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph do not apply to the case in which a notice is to be given in the proceeding carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-3/par-1: 次項 → 仲裁法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-3/par-2 - art-3/par-1: 第八条 → 仲裁法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8 - art-3/par-2: 第十六条第一項 → 仲裁法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-2#art-16/par-1 - art-3/par-2: 第十七条 → 仲裁法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-2#art-17 - art-5/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1 - art-5/par-5: 第三項 → 仲裁法 第五条第三項 (Article 5, paragraph (3)), art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-3 - art-8/par-1/item-1: 第十八条第三項 → 仲裁法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-18/par-3 - art-8/par-1/item-1: 同条 → 仲裁法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-18 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-19/par-2 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-19/par-3 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-19/par-4 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), art-19/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-19/par-5 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 同条 → 仲裁法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-19 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第二十一条第四項 → 仲裁法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-21/par-4 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第二十条 → 仲裁法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-20 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第二十一条 → 仲裁法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-21 - art-8/par-1/item-4: 第二十二条 → 仲裁法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-3#art-22 - art-8/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1 - art-8/par-2: 第五条第一項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1 - art-8/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 仲裁法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-8/par-1 - art-9/par-1: 次条第一項 → 仲裁法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-1 - art-9/par-1: この条 → 仲裁法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9 - art-9/par-3: 前二項 → 仲裁法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-3: 前二項 → 仲裁法 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-4: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第九十一条第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第五項 (Article 91, paragraph (5)), art-91/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-5 - art-9/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-4: 前項 → 仲裁法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-9/par-3 - art-10/par-1: この条 → 仲裁法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10 - art-10/par-1: 次条 → 仲裁法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-11 - art-10/par-1: 第三十七条第六項 → 仲裁法 第三十七条第六項 (Article 37, paragraph (6)), art-37/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-5#art-37/par-6 - art-10/par-2: 次項 → 仲裁法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-3 - art-10/par-2: 次条 → 仲裁法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-11 - art-10/par-4: 民事訴訟法第九十一条第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第五項 (Article 91, paragraph (5)), art-91/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-5 - art-10/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-1 - art-10/par-4: 第二項 → 仲裁法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-10/par-2 - art-12/par-1: 同法第百三十二条の十一第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第一項第二号 (Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-132-11/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-1/item-2 - art-12/par-1: 第二条 → 民事訴訟法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-2 - art-12/par-1: 第九条 → 民事訴訟法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-9 - art-14/par-1: この条 → 仲裁法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14 - art-14/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百四条 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104 - art-14/par-2: 第百十条から第百十三条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百十条 (Article 110), art-110 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110 - art-14/par-2: 第百十条から第百十三条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111 - art-14/par-2: 第百十条から第百十三条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112 - art-14/par-2: 第百十条から第百十三条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-113 - art-14/par-3: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-2 - art-14/par-4: 第二項 → 仲裁法 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-14/par-2 - art-14/par-4: 第五条第一項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1 - art-14/par-4: 第二項 → 仲裁法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-2 - art-14/par-4: 同条第一項第一号 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項第一号 (Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-5/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1/item-1 - art-14/par-4: 第二号 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項第二号 (Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/ch-1#art-5/par-1/item-2 - 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