# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第四編 (Part 4) - Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号 - English title "Code of Civil Procedure": 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: 第四編 (Part 4) — address `pt-4` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. 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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. --- ## 第四編　再審 — Part IV Retrial heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4 ### 第三百三十八条（再審の事由） — (Grounds for Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-338 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338 **第一項** 次に掲げる事由がある場合には、確定した終局判決に対し、再審の訴えをもって、不服を申し立てることができる。ただし、当事者が控訴若しくは上告によりその事由を主張したとき、又はこれを知りながら主張しなかったときは、この限りでない。 art-338/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1 If any of the following circumstances are present, a party may protest a final judgment that has become final and binding through a demand for a retrial; provided, however, that this does not apply if a party, when filing the appeal to the court of second instance or the final appeal, alleged those circumstances or knew of them but did not allege them: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法律に従って判決裁判所を構成しなかったこと。 art-338/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-1 the court that pronounced judgment was not composed in accordance with the law; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法律により判決に関与することができない裁判官が判決に関与したこと。 art-338/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-2 a judge who, by law, is not permitted to participate in the judgment, has participated in the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 法定代理権、訴訟代理権又は代理人が訴訟行為をするのに必要な授権を欠いたこと。 art-338/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-3 the authority to act as a person's legal representative, authority to act as a person's litigation representative, or the delegation of powers that a representative needs in order to perform procedural acts was lacking; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 判決に関与した裁判官が事件について職務に関する罪を犯したこと。 art-338/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-4 a judge who participated in the judgment has committed a crime in connection with their duties in the case; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 刑事上罰すべき他人の行為により、自白をするに至ったこと又は判決に影響を及ぼすべき攻撃若しくは防御の方法を提出することを妨げられたこと。 art-338/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-5 another person's criminally punishable act has caused the party to make an admission or prevented the party from advancing allegations or evidence that would have influenced the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 判決の証拠となった文書その他の物件が偽造され若しくは変造されたものであったこと又は判決の証拠となった電磁的記録が不正に作られたものであったこと。 art-338/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-6 a document or other object used as evidence toward the judgment was forged or altered, or an electronic or magnetic record used as evidence toward the judgment was created in an unlawful way; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 証人、鑑定人、通訳人又は宣誓した当事者若しくは法定代理人の虚偽の陳述が判決の証拠となったこと。 art-338/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-7 a false statement by a witness, expert, or interpreter, or by a party or legal representative who had been sworn in, was used as evidence toward the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 判決の基礎となった民事若しくは刑事の判決その他の裁判又は行政処分が後の裁判又は行政処分により変更されたこと。 art-338/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-8 the civil or criminal judgment or other judicial decision, or the administrative disposition, on which the judgment in question was based has been modified by a subsequent judicial decision or administrative disposition; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 判決に影響を及ぼすべき重要な事項について判断の遺脱があったこと。 art-338/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-9 there has been an omission involving a determination with regard to a matter of material import that would have influenced the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 不服の申立てに係る判決が前に確定した判決と抵触すること。 art-338/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-10 the judgment that the protest concerns conflicts with a previous judgment that has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第四号から第七号までに掲げる事由がある場合においては、罰すべき行為について、有罪の判決若しくは過料の裁判が確定したとき、又は証拠がないという理由以外の理由により有罪の確定判決若しくは過料の確定裁判を得ることができないときに限り、再審の訴えを提起することができる。 art-338/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-2 If any of the circumstances stated in items (iv) through (vii) of the preceding paragraph exists, a party may demand a retrial only if a guilty verdict or decision imposing a civil fine for the relevant criminally publishable act has become final and binding, or if the reason that it is not possible to obtain a final and binding guilty verdict or final and binding decision imposing a civil fine for that act is something other than a lack of evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 控訴審において事件につき本案判決をしたときは、第一審の判決に対し再審の訴えを提起することができない。 art-338/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-3 If the court of second instance has reached a judgment on the merits of a case, it is not permissible to demand a retrial over the judgment of the court of first instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百三十九条 art-339 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-339 **第一項** 判決の基本となる裁判について前条第一項に規定する事由がある場合（同項第四号から第七号までに掲げる事由がある場合にあっては、同条第二項に規定する場合に限る。）には、その裁判に対し独立した不服申立ての方法を定めているときにおいても、その事由を判決に対する再審の理由とすることができる。 art-339/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-339/par-1 If the circumstances prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are present with regard to the judicial decision based on which a judgment is made (limited to the case prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article if any of the circumstances stated in items (iv) through (vii) of that paragraph are present), such circumstances may be given as grounds for retrial in connection with the judgment, even if the means of filing an independent protest against that judicial decision have been specified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十条（管轄裁判所） — (Court of Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-340 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-340 **第一項** 再審の訴えは、不服の申立てに係る判決をした裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-340/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-340/par-1 A demand for a retrial is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the court that has reached the judgment that the protest concerns. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審級を異にする裁判所が同一の事件についてした判決に対する再審の訴えは、上級の裁判所が併せて管轄する。 art-340/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-340/par-2 Demands for a retrial over judgments entered by courts of different instances with regard to the same case are collectively subject to the jurisdiction of their superior court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十一条（再審の訴訟手続） — (Litigation Proceedings in a Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-341 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-341 **第一項** 再審の訴訟手続には、その性質に反しない限り、各審級における訴訟手続に関する規定を準用する。 art-341/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-341/par-1 Unless contrary to their nature, provisions on litigation proceedings in each instance apply mutatis mutandis to litigation proceedings in a retrial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十二条（再審期間） — (Time Frame for a Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-342 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342 **第一項** 再審の訴えは、当事者が判決の確定した後再審の事由を知った日から三十日の不変期間内に提起しなければならない。 art-342/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342/par-1 A retrial must be demanded within an inalterable time frame of 30 days from the day on which a party has become aware of the grounds for retrial, after the judgment has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 判決が確定した日（再審の事由が判決の確定した後に生じた場合にあっては、その事由が発生した日）から五年を経過したときは、再審の訴えを提起することができない。 art-342/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342/par-2 It is not permissible to demand a retrial once five years have elapsed from the day on which the judgment becomes final and binding (or, if grounds for retrial occur after the judgment becomes final and binding, the day on which the grounds for retrial occur). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第三百三十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事由のうち代理権を欠いたこと及び同項第十号に掲げる事由を理由とする再審の訴えには、適用しない。 art-342/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to a demand for a retrial filed on the grounds of a lack of representative authority, which is among the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iii), nor do they apply to the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (x). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十三条（再審の訴状の記載事項） — (Particulars That Must Be Entered in a Complaint Demanding a Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-343 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343 **第一項** 再審の訴状には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。 art-343/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343/par-1 The following particulars must be entered in the complaint demanding the retrial: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者及び法定代理人 art-343/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343/par-1/item-1 the parties and legal representatives; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 不服の申立てに係る判決の表示及びその判決に対して再審を求める旨 art-343/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343/par-1/item-2 a representation of the judgment that the protest concerns, and an indication that this is the judgment over which the retrial is being demanded; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 不服の理由 art-343/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343/par-1/item-3 the grounds for protest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十四条（不服の理由の変更） — (Amendment of Grounds for Protest) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-344 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-344 **第一項** 再審の訴えを提起した当事者は、不服の理由を変更することができる。 art-344/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-344/par-1 The party that has demanded a retrial may amend the grounds for protest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十五条（再審の訴えの却下等） — (Denial of a Demand for a Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-345 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345 **第一項** 裁判所は、再審の訴えが不適法である場合には、決定で、これを却下しなければならない。 art-345/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-1 If a demand for a retrial is not in accordance with the law, the court must rule to deny it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、再審の事由がない場合には、決定で、再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。 art-345/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-2 If there are no grounds for retrial, the court must rule to dismiss the claims for retrial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の決定が確定したときは、同一の事由を不服の理由として、更に再審の訴えを提起することができない。 art-345/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-3 Once a ruling as referred to in the preceding paragraph becomes final and binding, it is not permissible to further demand a retrial with the same circumstances as grounds for protest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十六条（再審開始の決定） — (Ruling to Commence Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-346 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346 **第一項** 裁判所は、再審の事由がある場合には、再審開始の決定をしなければならない。 art-346/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346/par-1 If there are grounds for a retrial, the court must rule to commence the retrial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をする場合には、相手方を審尋しなければならない。 art-346/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346/par-2 Before issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must hear the adverse party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十七条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-347 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-347 **第一項** 第三百四十五条第一項及び第二項並びに前条第一項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-347/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-347/par-1 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as referred to in Article 345, paragraph (1) or (2) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十八条（本案の審理及び裁判） — (Trial and Judicial Decision on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-348 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348 **第一項** 裁判所は、再審開始の決定が確定した場合には、不服申立ての限度で、本案の審理及び裁判をする。 art-348/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348/par-1 When a ruling to commence a retrial becomes final and binding, the court conducts a trial and reaches a judicial decision on the merits, within the bounds of the party's protest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の場合において、判決を正当とするときは、再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。 art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds that the judgment in question is just, it must dismiss the claims for retrial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の場合を除き、判決を取り消した上、更に裁判をしなければならない。 art-348/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348/par-3 Except in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must set aside the judgment and reach another judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百四十九条（決定又は命令に対する再審） — (Retrial over a Ruling or Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-349 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-349 **第一項** 即時抗告をもって不服を申し立てることができる決定又は命令で確定したものに対しては、再審の申立てをすることができる。 art-349/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-349/par-1 A party may demand a retrial over a ruling or order that has become final and binding and against which a protest may be entered through the filing of an immediate appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第三百三十八条から前条までの規定は、前項の申立てについて準用する。 art-349/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-349/par-2 The provisions of Article 338 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a demand as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-338/par-2: 前項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第四号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-338/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-4 - art-338/par-2: 前項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第五号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-338/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-5 - art-338/par-2: 前項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第六号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-338/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-6 - art-338/par-2: 前項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第七号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-338/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-7 - art-339/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項 (Article 338, paragraph (1)), art-338/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1 - art-339/par-1: 同項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第四号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-338/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-4 - art-339/par-1: 同項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第五号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-338/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-5 - art-339/par-1: 同項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第六号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-338/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-6 - art-339/par-1: 同項第四号から第七号まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第七号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-338/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-7 - art-339/par-1: 同条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第二項 (Article 338, paragraph (2)), art-338/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-2 - art-342/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条第一項 (Article 342, paragraph (1)), art-342/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342/par-1 - art-342/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条第二項 (Article 342, paragraph (2)), art-342/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342/par-2 - art-342/par-3: 第三百三十八条第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第三号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-338/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-3 - art-342/par-3: 同項第十号 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第十号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-338/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338/par-1/item-10 - art-345/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十五条第二項 (Article 345, paragraph (2)), art-345/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-2 - art-346/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十六条第一項 (Article 346, paragraph (1)), art-346/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346/par-1 - art-347/par-1: 第三百四十五条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十五条第一項 (Article 345, paragraph (1)), art-345/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-1 - art-347/par-1: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十五条第二項 (Article 345, paragraph (2)), art-345/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345/par-2 - art-347/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十六条第一項 (Article 346, paragraph (1)), art-346/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346/par-1 - art-348/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第一項 (Article 348, paragraph (1)), art-348/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348/par-1 - art-348/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第二項 (Article 348, paragraph (2)), art-348/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348/par-2 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条 (Article 338), art-338 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-338 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十九条 (Article 339), art-339 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-339 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十条 (Article 340), art-340 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-340 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十一条 (Article 341), art-341 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-341 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条 (Article 342), art-342 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-342 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十三条 (Article 343), art-343 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-343 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十四条 (Article 344), art-344 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-344 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十五条 (Article 345), art-345 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-345 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十六条 (Article 346), art-346 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-346 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十七条 (Article 347), art-347 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-347 - art-349/par-2: 第三百三十八条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条 (Article 348), art-348 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-348 - art-349/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十九条第一項 (Article 349, paragraph (1)), art-349/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4#art-349/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20281223_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17