# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百六十五条 (Article 165) - 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: 第百六十五条 (Article 165)（証明すべき事実の確認等） — address `art-165` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-165 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-165 - 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. --- ### 第百六十五条（証明すべき事実の確認等） — (Confirmation of the Facts That Will Be Proven) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-165 **第一項** 裁判所は、準備的口頭弁論を終了するに当たり、その後の証拠調べにより証明すべき事実を当事者との間で確認するものとする。 art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-165/par-1 In closing preliminary oral arguments, the court is to confirm with the parties the facts that will be proven through the subsequent examination of evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判長は、相当と認めるときは、準備的口頭弁論を終了するに当たり、当事者に準備的口頭弁論における争点及び証拠の整理の結果を要約した書面を提出させることができる。 art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-165/par-2 If the presiding judge finds it to be appropriate, in closing preliminary oral arguments, the judge may have a party submit a paper document summarizing the issues and evidence as arranged through the preliminary oral arguments. 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 - 民事訴訟法 第百七十六条第三項（書面による準備手続の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-176/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-176/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百七十八条第一項（書面による準備手続終結後の攻撃防御方法の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-178/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