# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百二十七条 (Article 227) - 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: 第二百二十七条 (Article 227)（文書の留置等） — address `art-227` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十七条（文書の留置等） — (Retention of Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-227 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、提出又は送付に係る文書を留め置くことができる。 art-227/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227/par-1 If the court finds it necessary, it may retain a document submitted or sent to it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 提出又は送付に係る文書については、第百三十二条の十三の規定は、適用しない。 art-227/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227/par-2 The provisions of Article 132-13 do not apply to the document that was submitted or sent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-227/par-2: 第百三十二条の十三 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三 (Article 132-13), art-132-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13 ## Cited by 8 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 第二十条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十九条第二項（筆跡等の対照による証明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-229/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-229/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 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十二条第一項（検証の目的の提示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-232/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-232/par-1 - 破産法 第十三条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/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