# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百五十五条 (Article 155) - 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: 第百五十五条 (Article 155)（弁論能力を欠く者に対する措置） — address `art-155` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155 - 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. --- ### 第百五十五条（弁論能力を欠く者に対する措置） — (Measures for Persons Lacking the Ability to Participate in Oral Arguments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-155 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155 **第一項** 裁判所は、訴訟関係を明瞭にするために必要な陳述をすることができない当事者、代理人又は補佐人の陳述を禁じ、口頭弁論の続行のため新たな期日を定めることができる。 art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155/par-1 The court may prohibit a party, agent, or assistant in court who is unable to enter the necessary statement for clarifying a matter related to the litigation, from entering a statement, and specify a new date for continuing oral arguments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により陳述を禁じた場合において、必要があると認めるときは、裁判所は、弁護士の付添いを命ずることができる。 art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155/par-2 If the court has prohibited a person from entering a statement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court may order the person to be accompanied by an attorney at law, when it finds this to be necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-155/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十五条第一項 (Article 155, paragraph (1)), art-155/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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 第百五十五条第二項（弁論能力を欠く者に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-155/par-2 - 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