# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百五十九条 (Article 159) - 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: 第百五十九条 (Article 159)（自白の擬制） — address `art-159` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159 - 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. --- ### 第百五十九条（自白の擬制） — (Constructive Admission) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159 **第一項** 当事者が口頭弁論において相手方の主張した事実を争うことを明らかにしない場合には、その事実を自白したものとみなす。ただし、弁論の全趣旨により、その事実を争ったものと認めるべきときは、この限りでない。 art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-1 If a party, during oral arguments, does not make it clear that they deny a fact alleged by the adverse party, they are deemed to have admitted that fact; provided, however, that this does not apply if it should be found, based on the entire import of oral arguments, that the party has denied that fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相手方の主張した事実を知らない旨の陳述をした者は、その事実を争ったものと推定する。 art-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-2 A person offering a statement indicating that they have no knowledge of a fact alleged by the adverse party is presumed to have denied that fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、当事者が口頭弁論の期日に出頭しない場合について準用する。ただし、その当事者が公示送達による呼出しを受けたものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-159/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis if a party does not appear on a date for oral arguments; provided, however, that this does not apply if the party is summoned through service by publication. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-159/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百五十九条第三項（自白の擬制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-3 - 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