# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十五条 (Article 115) - 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: 第百十五条 (Article 115)（確定判決等の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — address `art-115` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条（確定判決等の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — (Scope of Persons Subject to the Effect of a Final and Binding Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115 **第一項** 確定判決は、次に掲げる者に対してその効力を有する。 art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1 A final and binding judgment is valid against the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者 art-115/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-1 the parties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当事者が他人のために原告又は被告となった場合のその他人 art-115/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-2 a person on whose behalf a party has come to act as a plaintiff or defendant; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる者の口頭弁論終結後の承継人 art-115/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-3 the successor to a person listed in one of the preceding two items, that succeeds following the conclusion of oral arguments; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる者のために請求の目的物を所持する者 art-115/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-4 the person retaining possession of the subject matter of the claim on behalf of a person listed in one of the preceding three items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、仮執行の宣言について準用する。 art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a declaration of provisional enforceability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-115/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第一号 (Article 115, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-1 - art-115/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第二号 (Article 115, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-115/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-2 - art-115/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第一号 (Article 115, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-1 - art-115/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第二号 (Article 115, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-115/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-2 - art-115/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第三号 (Article 115, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-115/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-3 - art-115/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第三号（確定判決等の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項第四号（確定判決等の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1/item-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第二項（確定判決等の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-2 --- ## 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