# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百二条 (Article 202) - 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: 第二百二条 (Article 202)（尋問の順序） — address `art-202` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202 - 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. --- ### 第二百二条（尋問の順序） — (Order of Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-202 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202 **第一項** 証人の尋問は、その尋問の申出をした当事者、他の当事者、裁判長の順序でする。 art-202/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-1 A witness is examined by the party requesting the examination, the other party, and the presiding judge, in that order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判長は、適当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、前項の順序を変更することができる。 art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-2 When the presiding judge finds it to be appropriate, the judge may change the order referred to in the preceding paragraph, after hearing the opinions of the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 当事者が前項の規定による変更について異議を述べたときは、裁判所は、決定で、その異議について裁判をする。 art-202/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-3 If a party objects to a change under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court reaches a judicial decision on the objection in the form of a ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-202/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二条第一項 (Article 202, paragraph (1)), art-202/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-1 - art-202/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二条第二項 (Article 202, paragraph (2)), art-202/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-2 ## Cited by 5 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 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二条第二項（尋問の順序） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二条第三項（尋問の順序） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-202/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-202/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六条第一項（受命裁判官等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-206/par-1 - 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