# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十条 (Article 10) - 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: 第十条 (Article 10)（管轄裁判所の指定） — address `art-10` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10 - 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. --- ### 第十条（管轄裁判所の指定） — (Designation of the Court of Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10 **第一項** 管轄裁判所が法律上又は事実上裁判権を行うことができないときは、その裁判所の直近上級の裁判所は、申立てにより、決定で、管轄裁判所を定める。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-1 If the court of jurisdiction is unable to exercise its jurisdiction by law or in fact, the immediate superior court issues a ruling designating the court of jurisdiction, upon petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所の管轄区域が明確でないため管轄裁判所が定まらないときは、関係のある裁判所に共通する直近上級の裁判所は、申立てにより、決定で、管轄裁判所を定める。 art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-2 If the court of jurisdiction cannot be determined due to ill-defined territorial jurisdictions among the courts, the immediate superior court common to the relevant courts issues a ruling designating the court of jurisdiction, upon petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-3 No appeal may be entered against the ruling stated in the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-1 - art-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第十条第三項（管轄裁判所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-10/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_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