# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百八十四条 (Article 184) - 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: 第百八十四条 (Article 184)（外国における証拠調べ） — address `art-184` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-184 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-184 - 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. --- ### 第百八十四条（外国における証拠調べ） — (Examination of Evidence in a Foreign Country) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-184 **第一項** 外国においてすべき証拠調べは、その国の管轄官庁又はその国に駐在する日本の大使、公使若しくは領事に嘱託してしなければならない。 art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-184/par-1 The court must conduct an examination of evidence that is to be done in a foreign country by requesting the competent government agency of that country or the Japanese ambassador, minister, or consul stationed in that country to examine the evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外国においてした証拠調べは、その国の法律に違反する場合であっても、この法律に違反しないときは、その効力を有する。 art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-184/par-2 Even if an examination of evidence conducted in a foreign country contravenes the laws of that country, it is still valid if it does not contravene this Code. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の六第六項（証拠収集の処分の手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-6/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-6/par-6 --- ## 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