# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十二条の三 (Article 132-3) - 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: 第百三十二条の三 (Article 132-3) — address `art-132-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3 - 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. --- ### 第百三十二条の三 art-132-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3 **第一項** 被予告通知者は、予告通知者に対し、当該予告通知者がした予告通知の書面に記載された前条第三項の請求の要旨及び紛争の要点に対する答弁の要旨を記載した書面でその予告通知に対する返答をしたときは、予告通知者に対し、その予告通知がされた日から四月以内に限り、訴えの提起前に、訴えを提起された場合の主張又は立証を準備するために必要であることが明らかな事項について、相当の期間を定めて、書面により、又は予告通知者の選択により書面若しくは電磁的方法のいずれかにより回答するよう、書面により照会をすることができる。 art-132-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-1 After a recipient of advance notice responds to the advance notice of the person providing it by giving the person a written summary of the recipient's answers to the substance of the claim and essential points of dispute referred to in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article that the person has detailed in the written advance notice they have provided, the recipient, within four months after the day on which the advance notice was provided and before the action is filed, may specify a reasonable time frame for response and direct a written inquiry to the person providing advance notice, in order to elicit from that person a response in writing, or, at the option of the person providing the advance notice, in writing or by electronic or magnetic means, with regard to information that will clearly be necessary for preparing allegations or proof if the action is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項ただし書、第二項及び第四項から第六項までの規定は、前項の場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第四項中「書面による予告通知」とあるのは「書面による返答」と、「電磁的方法により予告通知」とあるのは「電磁的方法により返答」と読み替えるものとする。 art-132-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-2 The provisions of the proviso to paragraph (1) as well as the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraphs (4) through (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the term "written advance notice" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "written response", and the term "advance notice by electronic or magnetic means" is deemed to be replaced with "response by electronic or magnetic means". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の照会は、既にされた予告通知と重複する予告通知に対する返答に基づいては、することができない。 art-132-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-3 It is not permissible for an inquiry as referred to in paragraph (1) to be made based on a response to an advance notice that duplicates any previous advance notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-132-3/par-1: 前条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第三項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (3)), art-132-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-3 - art-132-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第一項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (1)), art-132-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-1 - art-132-3/par-2: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第二項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (2)), art-132-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-2 - art-132-3/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第四項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (4)), art-132-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-4 - art-132-3/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第五項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (5)), art-132-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-5 - art-132-3/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の二第六項 (Article 132-2, paragraph (6)), art-132-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-2/par-6 - art-132-3/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の三第一項 (Article 132-3, paragraph (1)), art-132-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-1 - art-132-3/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の三第一項 (Article 132-3, paragraph (1)), art-132-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-3/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項（訴えの提起前における証拠収集の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/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