# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百六条 (Article 206) - 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: 第二百六条 (Article 206)（受命裁判官等の権限） — address `art-206` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-206 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-206 - 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. --- ### 第二百六条（受命裁判官等の権限） — (Powers of an Authorized Judge) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-206 **第一項** 受命裁判官又は受託裁判官が証人尋問をする場合には、裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。ただし、第二百二条第三項の規定による異議についての裁判は、受訴裁判所がする。 art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-206/par-1 If an authorized or commissioned judge examines a witness, that judge performs the duties of the court and the presiding judge; provided, however, that a judicial decision on an objection under the provisions of Article 202, paragraph (3) is reached by the court in charge of the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-206/par-1: 第二百二条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二条第三項 (Article 202, paragraph (3)), 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 ## 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