# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百九十五条 (Article 195) - 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: 第百九十五条 (Article 195)（受命裁判官等による証人尋問） — address `art-195` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195 - 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. --- ### 第百九十五条（受命裁判官等による証人尋問） — (Examination of a Witness by an Authorized or Commissioned Judge) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195 **第一項** 裁判所は、次に掲げる場合に限り、受命裁判官又は受託裁判官に裁判所外で証人の尋問をさせることができる。 art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195/par-1 The court may have an authorized or commissioned judge examine a witness out of court, but only in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 証人が受訴裁判所に出頭する義務がないとき、又は正当な理由により出頭することができないとき。 art-195/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195/par-1/item-1 the witness has no obligation to appear before the court in charge of the case, or has a legitimate reason for being unable to appear before that court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 証人が受訴裁判所に出頭するについて不相当な費用又は時間を要するとき。 art-195/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195/par-1/item-2 it would require unreasonable expense or time for the witness to appear before the court in charge of the case; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 現場において証人を尋問することが事実を発見するために必要であるとき。 art-195/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195/par-1/item-3 it is necessary to examine the witness at the scene of the dispute in order to discover a fact; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当事者に異議がないとき。 art-195/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195/par-1/item-4 neither party has any objection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働審判法 第十七条第二項（証拠調べ等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-17/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十九条第七項（財産開示期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-7 - 民事訴訟法 第二百十条第一項（証人尋問の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-210/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-210/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