# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十二条 (Article 252) - 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: 第二百五十二条 (Article 252)（電子判決書） — address `art-252` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五十二条（電子判決書） — (Electronic Judgments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-252 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252 **第一項** 裁判所は、判決の言渡しをするときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を記録した電磁的記録（以下「電子判決書」という。）を作成しなければならない。 art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1 When the court renders a judgment, it must create an electronic or magnetic record in which it records the following things ( referred to below as an "electronic judgment"), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 主文 art-252/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-1 the main text of the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事実 art-252/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-2 the facts; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 理由 art-252/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-3 the grounds; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 口頭弁論の終結の日 art-252/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-4 the date of conclusion of oral arguments; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 当事者及び法定代理人 art-252/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-5 the parties and legal representatives; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 裁判所 art-252/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1/item-6 the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による事実の記録においては、請求を明らかにし、かつ、主文が正当であることを示すのに必要な主張を摘示しなければならない。 art-252/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-2 In its record of the facts under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court must clarify the claim and summarize the main points of the allegations needed to show that the content of the main text is justified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-252/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条第一項 (Article 252, paragraph (1)), art-252/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第十条第三項（秘密保持命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-10/par-3 - 民事執行法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条第二項（電子判決書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条第一項（言渡しの方式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十条第一項（電子判決書の記録事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-280/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-280/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十七条第一項（判決の言渡しの方式等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十七条第二項（判決の言渡しの方式等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2 - 著作権法 第百十四条の六第三項（秘密保持命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-3 - 行政事件訴訟法 第十五条第二項（被告を誤つた訴えの救済） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-case-litigation-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000139/art-15/par-2 --- ## 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