# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百五十七条 (Article 157) - 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: 第百五十七条 (Article 157)（時機に後れた攻撃防御方法の却下等） — address `art-157` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157 - 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. --- ### 第百五十七条（時機に後れた攻撃防御方法の却下等） — (Denial of Allegations or Evidence Presented After Their Time) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157 **第一項** 当事者が故意又は重大な過失により時機に後れて提出した攻撃又は防御の方法については、これにより訴訟の完結を遅延させることとなると認めたときは、裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、却下の決定をすることができる。 art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157/par-1 If the court finds that the allegations or evidence that a party has presented, whether intentionally or through gross negligence, after the time for presenting them will delay the conclusion of litigation, it may rule to deny them, upon petition or sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 攻撃又は防御の方法でその趣旨が明瞭でないものについて当事者が必要な釈明をせず、又は釈明をすべき期日に出頭しないときも、前項と同様とする。 art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply if a party does not give the necessary explanation with regard to allegations or evidence whose import is unclear, or does not appear on the date for giving an explanation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-157/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条第一項 (Article 157, paragraph (1)), art-157/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国税通則法 第百十六条第二項（原告が行うべき証拠の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000066/art-116/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条第二項（時機に後れた攻撃防御方法の却下等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157/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