# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十六条 (Article 256) - 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: 第二百五十六条 (Article 256)（変更の判決） — address `art-256` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十六条（変更の判決） — (Judgment for Modification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256 **第一項** 裁判所は、判決に法令の違反があることを発見したときは、その言渡し後一週間以内に限り、変更の判決をすることができる。ただし、判決が確定したとき、又は判決を変更するため事件につき更に弁論をする必要があるときは、この限りでない。 art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-1 If the court finds a violation of law or regulation in a judgment, it may reach a judgment to modify it, but only within one week after the judgment's rendition; provided, however, that this does not apply if the judgment has become final and binding or additional oral arguments in the case are necessary in order to modify the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 変更の判決は、口頭弁論を経ないでする。 art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-2 A judgment for modification is reached without oral arguments being heard. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 電子呼出状（第九十四条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。）により前項の判決の言渡期日の呼出しを行う場合においては、次の各号に掲げる送達の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める時に、その送達があったものとみなす。 art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3 If a summons to appear on the date for the rendition of a judgment as referred to in the preceding paragraph is served by an electronic writ of summons (limited to a summons recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 94, paragraph (2)), service is deemed to have been effected at the times specified in the following items for the categories of service stated in those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百九条の規定による送達　同条の規定により作成した書面を送達すべき場所に宛てて発した時 art-256/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3/item-1 service under the provisions of Article 109:the time when a document created pursuant to the provisions of that Article is sent off to the place where service is to be effected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百九条の二の規定による送達　同条第一項本文の通知が発せられた時 art-256/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3/item-2 service under the provisions of Article 109-2:the time when a notice under the main clause of paragraph (1) of that Article is sent off. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-256/par-3: 第九十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第二項 (Article 94, paragraph (2)), art-94/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-2 - art-256/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十六条第二項 (Article 256, paragraph (2)), art-256/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-2 - art-256/par-3/item-1: 第百九条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条 (Article 109), art-109 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109 - art-256/par-3/item-2: 第百九条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二 (Article 109-2), art-109-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2 - art-256/par-3/item-2: 同条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (1)), art-109-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第九十四条第一項第一号（期日の呼出し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十六条第三項（変更の判決） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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