# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百四十五条 (Article 145) - 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: 第百四十五条 (Article 145)（中間確認の訴え） — address `art-145` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145 - 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. --- ### 第百四十五条（中間確認の訴え） — (Action with an Interlocutory Declaration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145 **第一項** 裁判が訴訟の進行中に争いとなっている法律関係の成立又は不成立に係るときは、当事者は、請求を拡張して、その法律関係の確認の判決を求めることができる。ただし、その確認の請求が他の裁判所の専属管轄（当事者が第十一条の規定により合意で定めたものを除く。）に属するときは、この限りでない。 art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-1 If the judicial decision being sought in pending litigation is connected with the validity or invalidity of the legal relationship in dispute, a party may expand the claim and request a declaratory judgment concerning that legal relationship; provided, however, that this does not apply if the request for a declaration concerning that relationship is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another court (excluding one determined by an agreement between the parties pursuant to the provisions of Article 11). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の訴訟が係属する裁判所が第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所である場合において、前項の確認の請求が同条第一項の規定により他の裁判所の専属管轄に属するときは、前項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。 art-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-2 If litigation as referred to in the preceding paragraph is pending before the court specified in any of the items of Article 6, paragraph (1), and the request for a declaration as referred to in the preceding paragraph is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another court pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 日本の裁判所が管轄権の専属に関する規定により第一項の確認の請求について管轄権を有しないときは、当事者は、同項の確認の判決を求めることができない。 art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-3 If, pursuant to the provisions concerning exclusive jurisdiction, Japanese courts have no jurisdiction over a request for a declaration as referred to in paragraph (1), a party may not request a declaratory judgment as referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第百四十三条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の規定による請求の拡張について準用する。 art-145/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-4 The provisions of Article 143, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the expansion of a claim under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-145/par-1: 第十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - art-145/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項 (Article 145, paragraph (1)), art-145/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-1 - art-145/par-2: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 - art-145/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項 (Article 145, paragraph (1)), art-145/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-1 - art-145/par-4: 第百四十三条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十三条第二項 (Article 143, paragraph (2)), art-143/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-143/par-2 - art-145/par-4: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十三条第三項 (Article 143, paragraph (3)), art-143/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-143/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-143/par-3 - art-145/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項 (Article 145, paragraph (1)), art-145/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第二項（中間確認の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第三項（中間確認の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第四項（中間確認の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十七条第一項（裁判上の請求による時効の完成猶予等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-147/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