# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十一条 (Article 131) - 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: 第百三十一条 (Article 131)（当事者の故障による中止） — address `art-131` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131 - 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. --- ### 第百三十一条（当事者の故障による中止） — (Suspension Due to the Incapacitation of a Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131 **第一項** 当事者が不定期間の故障により訴訟手続を続行することができないときは、裁判所は、決定で、その中止を命ずることができる。 art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131/par-1 If a party is unable to continue with litigation proceedings due to an incapacitation of an uncertain duration, the court may issue an order the suspension of litigation proceedings, in the form of a ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定を取り消すことができる。 art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131/par-2 The court may set aside a ruling as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-131/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十一条第一項 (Article 131, paragraph (1)), art-131/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百三十一条第二項（当事者の故障による中止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131/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