# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百二十四条 (Article 124) - 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: 第百二十四条 (Article 124)（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — address `art-124` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124 - 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. --- ### 第百二十四条（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — (Continuance of Litigation Proceedings and Substitution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる事由があるときは、訴訟手続は、中断する。この場合においては、それぞれ当該各号に定める者は、訴訟手続を受け継がなければならない。 art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1 Litigation proceedings are subject to a continuance if any of the following grounds occur. In such a case, the person specified in the relevant item must be substituted as a party: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者の死亡　相続人、相続財産の管理人、相続財産の清算人その他法令により訴訟を続行すべき者 art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-1 a party's death:the party's heir, the administrator of the estate, the liquidator of the estate, or any other person who is to continue the action pursuant to laws and regulations; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当事者である法人の合併による消滅　合併によって設立された法人又は合併後存続する法人 art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-2 the disappearance due to merger of a corporation that is a party:the corporation incorporated in the merger or the corporation surviving the merger; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当事者の訴訟能力の喪失又は法定代理人の死亡若しくは代理権の消滅　法定代理人又は訴訟能力を有するに至った当事者 art-124/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-3 a party's loss of the capacity to sue or be sued, or a legal representative's death or extinguishment of the authority to act as a person's legal representative:the party's legal representative or the party who has acquired the capacity to sue or be sued; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 次のイからハまでに掲げる者の信託に関する任務の終了　当該イからハまでに定める者 art-124/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-4 termination of duties involved in a trust assigned to one of the persons listed in (a) through (c) below: the person specified in (a) through (c): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 当事者である受託者　新たな受託者又は信託財産管理者若しくは信託財産法人管理人 art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-1 a trustee that is a party:the new trustee or the trust property administrator or incorporated trust property administrator; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 当事者である信託財産管理者又は信託財産法人管理人　新たな受託者又は新たな信託財産管理者若しくは新たな信託財産法人管理人 art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-2 a trust property administrator or incorporated trust property administrator that is a party:the new trustee, new trust property administrator, or new incorporated trust property administrator; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 当事者である信託管理人　受益者又は新たな信託管理人 art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-4/sub-3 a trust caretaker that is a party:the beneficiary or the new trust caretaker. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 一定の資格を有する者で自己の名で他人のために訴訟の当事者となるものの死亡その他の事由による資格の喪失　同一の資格を有する者 art-124/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-5 the loss of status, due to death or any other grounds, of a person of a certain status who stood as a party to the litigation in that person's own name on behalf of another person:a person of the same status; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 選定当事者の全員の死亡その他の事由による資格の喪失　選定者の全員又は新たな選定当事者 art-124/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-6 all appointed parties' loss of status due to death or any other grounds:all appointing parties, or the new appointed parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、訴訟代理人がある間は、適用しない。 art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply during a time when there is a litigation representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項第一号に掲げる事由がある場合においても、相続人は、相続の放棄をすることができる間は、訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができない。 art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-3 Even if there are grounds as stated in paragraph (1), item (i), the heir is not permitted to be substituted as a party during the time frame in which it is possible to renounce the inheritance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項第二号の規定は、合併をもって相手方に対抗することができない場合には、適用しない。 art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) do not apply if the merger may not be asserted against the adverse party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項第三号の法定代理人が保佐人又は補助人である場合にあっては、同号の規定は、次に掲げるときには、適用しない。 art-124/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5 If the legal representative stated in paragraph (1), item (iii) is a curator or assistant, the provisions of that item do not apply in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the legal representative stated in paragraph (1), item (iii) is a curator or assistant, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply in the following cases:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb **一** 被保佐人又は被補助人が訴訟行為をすることについて保佐人又は補助人の同意を得ることを要しないとき。 art-124/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5/item-1 the person under curatorship or person under assistantship is not required to obtain consent of the curator or assistant for performing procedural acts; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 被保佐人又は被補助人が前号に規定する同意を得ることを要する場合において、その同意を得ているとき。 art-124/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5/item-2 the person under curatorship or person under assistantship is required to obtain consent prescribed in the preceding item, and has obtained it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-124/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1 - art-124/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 124, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-124/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-1 - art-124/par-4: 第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 124, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-124/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-2 - art-124/par-5: 第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 124, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-124/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-3 - art-124/par-5/item-2: 前号 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第五項第一号 (Article 124, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-124/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5/item-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第二項（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第三項（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第四項（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第五項（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第五項第二号（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-5/item-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure (民事訴訟法), Article 124, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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