# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十七条 (Article 137) - 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: 第百三十七条 (Article 137)（裁判長の訴状審査権） — address `art-137` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137 - 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. --- ### 第百三十七条（裁判長の訴状審査権） — (Presiding Judge's Authority to Examine a Complaint) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137 **第一項** 訴状が第百三十四条第二項の規定に違反する場合には、裁判長は、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に不備を補正すべきことを命じなければならない。 art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-1 If a complaint is in violation of the provisions of Article 134, paragraph (2), the presiding judge must specify a reasonable time frame and order that the defect to be corrected within that time frame. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、原告が不備を補正しないときは、裁判長は、命令で、訴状を却下しなければならない。 art-137/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the plaintiff fails to correct the defect, the presiding judge must issue an order dismissing the complaint. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-137/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against an order as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-137/par-1: 第百三十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十四条第二項 (Article 134, paragraph (2)), art-134/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-134/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-134/par-2 - art-137/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-1 - art-137/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条第二項 (Article 137, paragraph (2)), art-137/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働審判法 第二十二条第三項（訴え提起の擬制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-22/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条第二項（裁判長の訴状審査権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条第三項（裁判長の訴状審査権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十八条第二項（訴状の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-138/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-138/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十八条第一項（裁判長の控訴状審査権等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-288/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-288/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十九条第二項（控訴状の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-289/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-289/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