# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百十五条の三 (Article 215-3)

- 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: 第二百十五条の三 (Article 215-3)（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による陳述） — address `art-215-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-3
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### 第二百十五条の三（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による陳述） — (Statements Based on Communication Using Audiovisual Transmissions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-215-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-3</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、鑑定人に口頭で意見を述べさせる場合において、相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、意見を述べさせることができる。
    <sup>art-215-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-3/par-1</sup>
    If the court will have an expert state an opinion orally and the court finds it to be appropriate, it may have an expert state an opinion, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, using a means that enables persons to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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