# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十二条の十三 (Article 132-13) - 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: 第百三十二条の十三 (Article 132-13)（書面等に記録された事項のファイルへの記録等） — address `art-132-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13 - 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. --- ### 第百三十二条の十三（書面等に記録された事項のファイルへの記録等） — (Recording the Information Detailed in Paper Documents into the Court's Computer Files) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-132-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、前条第一項に規定する申立て等に係る書面等のほか、民事訴訟に関する手続においてこの法律その他の法令の規定に基づき裁判所に提出された書面等又は電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体に記載され、又は記録されている事項（次の各号に掲げる場合における当該各号に定める事項を除く。）をファイルに記録しなければならない。ただし、当該事項をファイルに記録することにつき困難な事情があるときは、この限りでない。 art-132-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1 In addition to the information detailed in a paper document used to file a motion or statement prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the court clerk must record the information detailed in paper documents, and in recording media containing electronic or magnetic records, that have been submitted to the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any other laws and regulations in connection with civil litigation proceedings (excluding the information specified in the following items in the cases stated in those items) into the court's computer files; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are circumstances that make it difficult to record that information in the court's computer file: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該書面等又は当該記録媒体について、これらの提出とともに第九十二条第一項の申立て（同項第二号に掲げる事由があることを理由とするものに限る。）がされた場合において、当該書面等若しくは当該記録媒体に記載され、若しくは記録された営業秘密がその訴訟の追行の目的以外の目的で使用され、又は当該営業秘密が開示されることにより、当該営業秘密に基づく当事者の事業活動に支障を生ずるおそれがあり、これを防止するため裁判所が特に必要があると認めるとき（当該申立てが却下されたとき又は当該申立てに係る決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。）　当該書面等又は当該記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された営業秘密 art-132-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-1 if a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) (limited to one filed because the grounds stated in item (ii) of that paragraph exist) concerning the paper document or recording medium is filed together with these submissions; and if the use of a trade secret detailed in that paper document or recording medium for purposes other than conducting the suit, or the disclosure of that trade secret, would likely interfere with the party's business activities that are based on that trade secret, and the court finds it to be particularly necessary to exclude that information from its computer files in order to prevent this (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the trade secret detailed in that paper document or recording medium; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該記録媒体を提出する方法により次条第二項の規定による届出があった場合　当該記録媒体に記録された事項 art-132-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-2 if a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article is filed through the submission of a recording medium:the information recorded in that recording medium; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該書面等又は当該記録媒体について、これらの提出とともに第百三十三条の二第二項の申立てがされた場合において、裁判所が必要があると認めるとき（当該申立てが却下されたとき又は当該申立てに係る決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。）　当該書面等又は当該記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された同項に規定する秘匿事項記載部分 art-132-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-3 if a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document or recording medium in question is filed together with that submission, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless the petition is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition becomes final and binding):the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph which is detailed in that paper document or recording medium; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第百三十三条の三第一項の規定による決定があった場合において、裁判所が必要があると認めるとき（当該決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。）　当該決定に係る書面等及び電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された事項 art-132-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-4 if a ruling under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1) has been made, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition becomes final and binding):the information detailed in the paper documents connected with that ruling, or in recording media containing the electronic or magnetic records connected with that ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-132-13/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第一項 (Article 132-12, paragraph (1)), art-132-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1 - art-132-13/par-1/item-1: 第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1 - art-132-13/par-1/item-1: 同項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項第二号 (Article 92, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-92/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1/item-2 - art-132-13/par-1/item-2: 次条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第二項 (Article 133, paragraph (2)), art-133/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-2 - art-132-13/par-1/item-3: 第百三十三条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第二項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (2)), art-133-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-2 - art-132-13/par-1/item-4: 第百三十三条の三第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三第一項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (1)), art-133-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の六第四項（証拠収集の処分の手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-6/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第三項（釈明処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十七条第二項（文書の留置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227/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