# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十三条 (Article 253) - 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: 第二百五十三条 (Article 253)（言渡しの方式） — address `art-253` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十三条（言渡しの方式） — (Form for Rendering Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253 **第一項** 判決の言渡しは、前条第一項の規定により作成された電子判決書に基づいてする。 art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-1 The court renders its judgment based on an electronic judgment created pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の規定により判決の言渡しをした場合には、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、言渡しに係る電子判決書をファイルに記録しなければならない。 art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-2 Once the court has rendered a judgment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must record the electronic judgment on which this was based in its computer files, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-253/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-253/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条第一項 (Article 253, paragraph (1)), art-253/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-1 ## Cited by 10 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 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 第二百五十三条第二項（言渡しの方式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十四条第一項（言渡しの方式の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十五条第一項（電子判決書等の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-255/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