# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第八条 (Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 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/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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** 第十六条第三項の申立て　同条 art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-1 the petition referred to in Article 16, paragraph (3):Article 16 Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第十七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/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-2 the petitions referred to in Article 17, paragraphs (2) through (5):Article 17 Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第十九条第四項の申立て　第十八条及び第十九条 art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-3 the petition referred to in Article 19, paragraph (4):Articles 18 and 19; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第二十条の申立て　同条 art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-4 the petition referred to in Article 20:Article 20. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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/art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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/art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-2/item-2 the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第三項 → 仲裁法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-16/par-3 - art-8/par-1/item-1: 同条 → 仲裁法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-16 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十七条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-2 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十七条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-3 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十七条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-4 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 第十七条第二項から第五項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-5 - art-8/par-1/item-2: 同条 → 仲裁法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第十九条第四項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-4 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第十八条 → 仲裁法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-18 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 第十九条 → 仲裁法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19 - art-8/par-1/item-4: 第二十条 → 仲裁法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20 - 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/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/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/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三条第一項（適用範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-3/par-1 - 仲裁法 第八条第二項（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-2 - 仲裁法 第八条第二項第一号（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-2/item-1 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第三項（仲裁手続に関して裁判所が行う手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-02 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 仲裁法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act (仲裁法), Article 8, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01