# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（除斥又は忌避の裁判） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25 - 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. --- ### 第二十五条（除斥又は忌避の裁判） — (Judicial Decisions Regarding a Disqualification or Challenge) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25 **第一項** 合議体の構成員である裁判官及び地方裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判官の所属する裁判所が、簡易裁判所の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が、決定で、裁判をする。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-1 The judicial decision on the disqualification of or challenge against a judge who is a member of a judicial panel or against a single district court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the court to which the judge belongs, and the judicial decision on the disqualification of or challenge against a summary court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the district court of jurisdiction in that locality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地方裁判所における前項の裁判は、合議体でする。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-2 In the district court, the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph is reached by a judicial panel. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判官は、その除斥又は忌避についての裁判に関与することができない。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-3 A judge may not be involved in a judicial decision on that judge's own disqualification or on a challenge against that judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 除斥又は忌避を理由があるとする決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-4 No appeal may be entered against a ruling finding grounds for disqualification or challenge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 除斥又は忌避を理由がないとする決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-5 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling finding there to be no grounds for disqualification or challenge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二十五条第二項（除斥又は忌避の裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第九十二条の六第一項（専門委員の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92-6/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第九十二条の九第一項（知的財産に関する事件における裁判所調査官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92-9/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