# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十一条 (Article 11) - 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（管轄の合意） — address `art-11` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - 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. --- ### 第十一条（管轄の合意） — (Agreement on Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 **第一項** 当事者は、第一審に限り、合意により管轄裁判所を定めることができる。 art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-1 The parties may determine the court of jurisdiction by agreement, but only in the first instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の合意は、一定の法律関係に基づく訴えに関し、かつ、書面でしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-2 An agreement as referred to in the preceding paragraph is not valid unless it is made regarding actions that are based on a specific legal relationship, and executed by means of a paper document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の合意がその内容を記録した電磁的記録によってされたときは、その合意は、書面によってされたものとみなして、前項の規定を適用する。 art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-3 If electronic or magnetic records in which the content of an agreement as referred to in paragraph (1) is recorded are used to execute that agreement, the agreement is deemed to have been executed by means of a paper document and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-11/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-1 - art-11/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-1 - art-11/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第十一条第二項（管轄の合意） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第十一条第三項（管轄の合意） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第一項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第二項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第十六条第二項（管轄違いの場合の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-16/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条第一項（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第一項（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項（中間確認の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十六条第一項第一号（反訴） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-146/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-146/par-1/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十一条第二項（控訴をすることができる判決等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百九十九条第一項（第一審の管轄違いの主張の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-299/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-299/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項（電磁的記録による管轄の合意等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-4/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