# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百二十五条 (Article 225)

- 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: 第二百二十五条 (Article 225)（第三者が文書提出命令に従わない場合の過料） — address `art-225`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225
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### 第二百二十五条（第三者が文書提出命令に従わない場合の過料） — (Civil Fine for a Third Party's Non-Compliance with an Order to Submit a Document)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-225</sup>

    **第一項**  第三者が文書提出命令に従わないときは、裁判所は、決定で、二十万円以下の過料に処する。
    <sup>art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-225/par-1</sup>
    If a third party does not comply with an order to submit a document, the court issues a ruling sentencing the third party to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **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。
    <sup>art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-225/par-2</sup>
    An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-225/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第一項 (Article 225, paragraph (1)), art-225/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-225/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 第二百二十五条第二項（第三者が文書提出命令に従わない場合の過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-225/par-2
- 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

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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
