# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百三十五条 (Article 235) - 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: 第二百三十五条 (Article 235)（管轄裁判所等） — address `art-235` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十五条（管轄裁判所等） — (Court of Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-235 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235 **第一項** 訴えの提起後における証拠保全の申立ては、その証拠を使用すべき審級の裁判所にしなければならない。ただし、最初の口頭弁論の期日が指定され、又は事件が弁論準備手続若しくは書面による準備手続に付された後口頭弁論の終結に至るまでの間は、受訴裁判所にしなければならない。 art-235/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-1 A petition for the preservation of evidence that is filed after the filing of an action, must be filed with the court of the instance in which the evidence is to be used; provided, however, that during the time from after the first date for oral arguments has been designated or from after the case is referred to preparatory proceedings or written preparatory proceedings until oral arguments are concluded, such a petition must be filed with the court in charge of the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 訴えの提起前における証拠保全の申立ては、尋問を受けるべき者、文書を所持する者若しくは電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者の居所又は検証物の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所にしなければならない。 art-235/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-2 A petition for the preservation of evidence that is filed before the filing of an action, must be filed with the district court or summary court that has jurisdiction over the residence of the person to be examined, person in possession of the document in question, or person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic records or the location of the object to be inspected. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 急迫の事情がある場合には、訴えの提起後であっても、前項の地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所に証拠保全の申立てをすることができる。 art-235/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-3 If there are pressing circumstances, a petition for the preservation of evidence may be filed with the district court or summary court referred to in the preceding paragraph, even after the filing of an action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-235/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十五条第二項 (Article 235, paragraph (2)), art-235/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十五条第三項（管轄裁判所等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十九条第一項（受命裁判官による証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-239/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-239/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