# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百五十四条 (Article 154) - 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: 第百五十四条 (Article 154)（通訳人の立会い等） — address `art-154` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-154 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-154 - 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. --- ### 第百五十四条（通訳人の立会い等） — (Presence of Interpreters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-154 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-154 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-154 **第一項** 口頭弁論に関与する者が日本語に通じないとき、又は耳が聞こえない者若しくは口がきけない者であるときは、通訳人を立ち会わせる。ただし、耳が聞こえない者又は口がきけない者には、文字で問い、又は陳述をさせることができる。 art-154/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-154/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-154/par-1 If a person participating in oral arguments is unable to communicate in Japanese or is unable to hear or speak, arrangements are made for an interpreter to be present at oral arguments; provided, however, that it is permissible to question a person who is unable to hear or speak in writing, or to have them enter a statement in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方が通訳人との間で映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、通訳人に通訳をさせることができる。この場合において、当該方法によることにつき困難な事情があるときは、裁判所及び当事者双方が通訳人との間で音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によってすることができる。 art-154/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-154/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-154/par-2 If the court finds it to be appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the parties and as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the court may have an interpreter interpret while using a means that enables the court and both parties to communicate with the interpreter through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation . This being the case, if there are circumstances that make it difficult to have recourse to those means, a means may be used that enables the court and both parties to communicate with the interpreter at the same time through audio transmissions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 鑑定人に関する規定は、通訳人について準用する。 art-154/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-154/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-154/par-3 The provisions on experts apply mutatis mutandis to interpreters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第八十九条第四項（和解の試み等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-89/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-89/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第八十九条第五項（和解の試み等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-89/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-89/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第百七十条第五項（弁論準備手続における訴訟行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-170/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-170/par-5 --- ## 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