# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百九条の三 (Article 109-3) - 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: 第百九条の三 (Article 109-3)（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — address `art-109-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百九条の三（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — (When Service Using an Electronic Data Processing System Takes Effect) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-109-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3 **第一項** 前条第一項の規定による送達は、次に掲げる時のいずれか早い時に、その効力を生ずる。 art-109-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1 Service under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article takes effect at the earliest of the following times: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 送達を受けるべき者が送達すべき電磁的記録に記録されている事項を最高裁判所規則で定める方法により表示をしたものの閲覧をした時 art-109-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-1 when the person to be served has inspected something that has been made to show the information recorded in the record to be served through the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 送達を受けるべき者が送達すべき電磁的記録に記録されている事項についてその使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録をした時 art-109-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 when the person to be served has recorded the information that has been recorded in the record to be served in a file prepared on the computer they are using; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第一項本文の通知が発せられた日から一週間を経過した時 art-109-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-3 once one week has passed since the day when the notice under the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article was sent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 送達を受けるべき者がその責めに帰することができない事由によって前項第一号の閲覧又は同項第二号の記録をすることができない期間は、同項第三号の期間に算入しない。 art-109-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-2 Any period during which the person to be served is prevented from inspecting as referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph or from recording the information referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph due to grounds not attributable to that person is not included in the calculation of the period referred to in item (iii) of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-109-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (1)), art-109-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1 - art-109-3/par-1/item-3: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (1)), art-109-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1 - art-109-3/par-2: 前項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第一号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-109-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-1 - art-109-3/par-2: 同項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-109-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 - art-109-3/par-2: 同項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第三号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-109-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第一項（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項（電子情報処理組織による送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第二項（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百九条の四第二項（電子情報処理組織による送達を受ける旨の届出をしなければならない者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-4/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百九十九条第一項（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-399/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-399/par-1 --- ## 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