# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十二条の四 (Article 132-4) - 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: 第百三十二条の四 (Article 132-4)（訴えの提起前における証拠収集の処分） — address `art-132-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4 - 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. --- ### 第百三十二条の四（訴えの提起前における証拠収集の処分） — (Dispositions on the Collection of Evidence Prior to the Filing of an Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-132-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4 **第一項** 裁判所は、予告通知者又は前条第一項の返答をした被予告通知者の申立てにより、当該予告通知に係る訴えが提起された場合の立証に必要であることが明らかな証拠となるべきものについて、申立人がこれを自ら収集することが困難であると認められるときは、その予告通知又は返答の相手方（以下この章において単に「相手方」という。）の意見を聴いて、訴えの提起前に、その収集に係る次に掲げる処分をすることができる。ただし、その収集に要すべき時間又は嘱託を受けるべき者の負担が不相当なものとなることその他の事情により、相当でないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1 If the court, at the petition of the person providing advance notice or of a recipient of advance notice that has responded as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, finds that it is difficult for the petitioner to collect evidence that will clearly be necessary as proof if the action for which advance notice has been provided is filed, the court, after hearing the opinions of the adverse party to the advance notice or the response (simply referred to below as the "adverse party" in this Chapter) and before the action is filed, may reach one of the following dispositions in connection with the collection of evidence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the court finds that doing so would be inappropriate due to the time that would be required for the collection of evidence or the unreasonable burden that it would place on the person that would undertake the request: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 文書（第二百三十一条に規定する物件を含む。以下この章において同じ。）の所持者にその文書の送付を嘱託し、又は電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者にその電磁的記録の送付を嘱託すること。 art-132-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1/item-1 requesting the person in possession of a document (including an object prescribed in Article 231; the same applies in this Chapter) to send that document, or requesting the person with the authority to use an electronic or magnetic record to send that record; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 必要な調査を官庁若しくは公署、外国の官庁若しくは公署又は学校、商工会議所、取引所その他の団体（次条第一項第二号において「官公署等」という。）に嘱託すること。 art-132-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1/item-2 requesting a government agency or public office, a foreign government agency or public office, or a school, chamber of commerce, exchange, or other such organization (referred to as a "prescribed agency or organization" in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article) to conduct the necessary examination; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 専門的な知識経験を有する者にその専門的な知識経験に基づく意見の陳述を嘱託すること。 art-132-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1/item-3 requesting a person who has expert knowledge and experience to state an opinion based on their expert knowledge and experience; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 執行官に対し、物の形状、占有関係その他の現況について調査を命ずること。 art-132-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1/item-4 ordering a court enforcement officer to conduct an examination into the form, possession, or other current conditions of an object. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の処分の申立ては、予告通知がされた日から四月の不変期間内にしなければならない。ただし、その期間の経過後にその申立てをすることについて相手方の同意があるときは、この限りでない。 art-132-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-2 A petition for a disposition as referred to in the preceding paragraph must be filed within an inalterable time frame of four months from the day on which the advance notice is provided; provided, however, that this does not apply if the adverse party consents to the petition's being filed after the expiration of this time frame. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の処分の申立ては、既にした予告通知と重複する予告通知又はこれに対する返答に基づいては、することができない。 art-132-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-3 It is not permissible for a petition for a disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) to be filed based on an advance notice that duplicates any previous advance notice or based on the response to a duplicate advance notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、第一項の処分をした後において、同項ただし書に規定する事情により相当でないと認められるに至ったときは、その処分を取り消すことができる。 art-132-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-4 After having reached a disposition as referred to in paragraph (1), the court may void that disposition if it finds that the disposition has come to be inappropriate due to the circumstances prescribed in the proviso to that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-132-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-132-4/par-1/item-1: 第二百三十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十一条 (Article 231), art-231 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-231 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-231 - art-132-4/par-1/item-2: 次条第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の五第一項第二号 (Article 132-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-132-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1/item-2 - art-132-4/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1)), art-132-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1 - art-132-4/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1)), art-132-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1 - art-132-4/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1)), art-132-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1 ## Cited by 22 provisions cite this one. 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