# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百三十条 (Article 230) - 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: 第二百三十条 (Article 230)（文書の成立の真正を争った者に対する過料） — address `art-230` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十条（文書の成立の真正を争った者に対する過料） — (Civil Fines Against a Party Challenging the Authenticity of a Document's Provenance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230 **第一項** 当事者又はその代理人が故意又は重大な過失により真実に反して文書の成立の真正を争ったときは、裁判所は、決定で、十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-1 If a party or their agent, intentionally or through gross negligence, has diverged from the truth in challenging the authenticity of a document's provenance, the court issues a ruling sentencing that person 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-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as 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、文書の成立の真正を争った当事者又は代理人が訴訟の係属中その文書の成立が真正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-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-3 In a case as referred to in paragraph (1), if the party or agent that challenges the authenticity of a document's provenance admits, while litigation is pending, that the document is of authentic provenance 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-230/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十条第一項 (Article 230, paragraph (1)), art-230/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-1 - art-230/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十条第一項 (Article 230, paragraph (1)), art-230/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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 第二百三十条第二項（文書の成立の真正を争った者に対する過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十条第三項（文書の成立の真正を争った者に対する過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-230/par-3 - 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