# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十二条の五 (Article 132-5) - 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: 第百三十二条の五 (Article 132-5)（証拠収集の処分の管轄裁判所等） — address `art-132-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5 - 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. --- ### 第百三十二条の五（証拠収集の処分の管轄裁判所等） — (Court of Jurisdiction in Dispositions on the Collection of Evidence) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-132-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる処分の申立ては、それぞれ当該各号に定める地を管轄する地方裁判所にしなければならない。 art-132-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1 A petition for a disposition listed in one of the following items must be filed with the district court of jurisdiction for the place specified in the relevant item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項第一号の処分の申立て　申立人若しくは相手方の普通裁判籍の所在地又は文書を所持する者若しくは電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者の居所 art-132-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1/item-1 a petition for the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article:the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the petitioner or for an action involving the adverse party, or the residence of the person in possession of the document or the person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic record; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項第二号の処分の申立て　申立人若しくは相手方の普通裁判籍の所在地又は調査の嘱託を受けるべき官公署等の所在地 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 a petition for the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article:the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the petitioner or for an action involving the adverse party, or the locality of the prescribed agency or organization that would undertake the request for the examination; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第一項第三号の処分の申立て　申立人若しくは相手方の普通裁判籍の所在地又は特定の物につき意見の陳述の嘱託がされるべき場合における当該特定の物の所在地 art-132-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1/item-3 a petition for the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article:the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the petitioner or for an action involving the adverse party, or the location of the specific object about which the request would be issued for a statement of opinions; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前条第一項第四号の処分の申立て　調査に係る物の所在地 art-132-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1/item-4 a petition for the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), item (iv) of the preceding Article:the location of the object connected with the examination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十六条第一項、第二十一条及び第二十二条の規定は、前条第一項の処分の申立てに係る事件について準用する。 art-132-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-2 The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1), Articles 21 and 22 apply mutatis mutandis to a case that involves a petition for a disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-132-5/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項第一号 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - art-132-5/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項第二号 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - art-132-5/par-1/item-3: 前条第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項第三号 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), 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 - art-132-5/par-1/item-4: 前条第一項第四号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項第四号 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), 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 - art-132-5/par-2: 第十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-16/par-1 - art-132-5/par-2: 第二十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-21 - art-132-5/par-2: 第二十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-22 - art-132-5/par-2: 前条第一項 → 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 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項第二号（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/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1/item-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