# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百九条 (Article 209) - 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: 第二百九条 (Article 209)（虚偽の陳述に対する過料） — address `art-209` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209 - 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. --- ### 第二百九条（虚偽の陳述に対する過料） — (Civil Fines for False Statements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209 **第一項** 宣誓した当事者が虚偽の陳述をしたときは、裁判所は、決定で、十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-1 If a party who has been sworn in enters a false statement, the court issues a ruling sentencing the party to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合において、虚偽の陳述をした当事者が訴訟の係属中その陳述が虚偽であることを認めたときは、裁判所は、事情により、同項の決定を取り消すことができる。 art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-3 In a case as referred to in paragraph (1), if the party who has entered the false statement admits that the statement is false while litigation is pending, the court may set aside the ruling referred to in that paragraph, depending on the circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-209/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百九条第一項 (Article 209, paragraph (1)), art-209/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百九条第一項 (Article 209, paragraph (1)), art-209/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-1 ## 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 - 民事訴訟法 第二百九条第二項（虚偽の陳述に対する過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百九条第三項（虚偽の陳述に対する過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-209/par-3 --- ## 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