# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十七条の二 (Article 137-2) - 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: 第百三十七条の二 (Article 137-2)（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — address `art-137-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2 - 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. --- ### 第百三十七条の二（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — (Denial of Complaint in Case of Failure to Pay the Fees for Filing an Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-137-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2 **第一項** 民事訴訟費用等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第四十号）の規定に従い訴えの提起の手数料を納付しない場合には、裁判所書記官は、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に当該手数料を納付すべきことを命ずる処分をしなければならない。 art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-1 If a person does not pay the fees for filing an action in accordance with the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings (Act No. 40 of 1971), a court clerk must specify a reasonable time frame and order them to pay the fees within that time frame. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-137-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-2 A disposition as referred to in the preceding paragraph takes effect when notice is given by a means that is considered appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の処分に対する異議の申立ては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内にしなければならない。 art-137-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-3 Any objection to a disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) must be filed within an inalterable time frame of one week from the day on which the notice is received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立ては、執行停止の効力を有する。 art-137-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-4 An objection under the preceding paragraph has the effect of a stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第三項の異議の申立てがあった場合において、第一項の処分において納付を命じた額を超える額の訴えの提起の手数料を納付すべきと認めるときは、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に当該額を納付すべきことを命じなければならない。 art-137-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-5 If an objection under paragraph (3) is filed and the court finds that the person will need to pay an amount of fees for filing an action that exceeds the amount the person was ordered to pay in the disposition referred to in paragraph (1), the court must specify a reasonable time frame and order the person to pay that amount within that time frame. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項又は前項の場合において、原告が納付を命じられた手数料を納付しないときは、裁判長は、命令で、訴状を却下しなければならない。 art-137-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-6 In a case as referred to in paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, if the plaintiff fails to pay the fees they have been ordered to pay, the presiding judge must issue an order denying the complaint. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。ただし、即時抗告をした者が、その者において相当と認める訴訟の目的の価額に応じて算出される民事訴訟費用等に関する法律の規定による訴えの提起の手数料を納付しないときは、この限りでない。 art-137-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-7 An immediate appeal may be filed against an order as referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who files it fails to pay fees for filing an action under the provisions of the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings as calculated according to the value of the subject matter of litigation that the person finds to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前項ただし書の場合には、原裁判所は、その即時抗告を却下しなければならない。 art-137-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-8 In a case as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the court of prior instance must deny the immediate appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-137-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-9 No appeal may be entered against a ruling on a petition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-137-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第一項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (1)), art-137-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-1 - art-137-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第一項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (1)), art-137-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-1 - art-137-2/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第三項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (3)), art-137-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-3 - art-137-2/par-5: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第三項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (3)), art-137-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-3 - art-137-2/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第一項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (1)), art-137-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-1 - art-137-2/par-6: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第一項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (1)), art-137-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-1 - art-137-2/par-6: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第五項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (5)), art-137-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-5 - art-137-2/par-7: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第六項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (6)), art-137-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-6 - art-137-2/par-8: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第七項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (7)), art-137-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-7 - art-137-2/par-9: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第八項 (Article 137-2, paragraph (8)), art-137-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-8 ## Cited by 11 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 第百三十七条の二第二項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第三項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第四項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第五項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第六項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-6 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第七項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-7 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第八項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-8 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二第九項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付がない場合の訴状却下） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2/par-9 - 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 附則第十二条第一項（訴えの提起の手数料の納付等がない場合に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-12/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