# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百二十一条 (Article 221) - 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: 第二百二十一条 (Article 221)（文書提出命令の申立て） — address `art-221` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十一条（文書提出命令の申立て） — (Petition for an Order to Submit Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221 **第一項** 文書提出命令の申立ては、次に掲げる事項を明らかにしてしなければならない。 art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1 In petitioning for an order to submit a document, the following particulars must be made clear: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 文書の表示 art-221/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1/item-1 the indications of the document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 文書の趣旨 art-221/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1/item-2 the purport of the document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 文書の所持者 art-221/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1/item-3 the person in possession of the document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 証明すべき事実 art-221/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1/item-4 the facts to be proven by the document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 文書の提出義務の原因 art-221/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-1/item-5 the cause of the obligation to submit the document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第四号に掲げる場合であることを文書の提出義務の原因とする文書提出命令の申立ては、書証の申出を文書提出命令の申立てによってする必要がある場合でなければ、することができない。 art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-2 It is not permissible for a petition for an order to submit a document to be filed on the grounds that the document falls under any of the categories listed in item (iv) of the preceding Article, unless it is necessary to offer documentary evidence by way of a petition for an order to submit a document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-221/par-2: 前条第四号 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第四号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-220/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第一項（文書の特定のための手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-222/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-222/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十一条の三第一項（書証の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-231-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-231-3/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