# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百六十二条 (Article 262) - 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: 第二百六十二条 (Article 262)（訴えの取下げの効果） — address `art-262` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-262 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-262 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十二条（訴えの取下げの効果） — (Result of the Withdrawal of an Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-262 **第一項** 訴訟は、訴えの取下げがあった部分については、初めから係属していなかったものとみなす。 art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-262/par-1 The part of litigation for which an action is withdrawn is deemed to have never been pending before the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 本案について終局判決があった後に訴えを取り下げた者は、同一の訴えを提起することができない。 art-262/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-262/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-262/par-2 A person that withdraws an action after a final judgment on the merits has been reached may not file the same action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百九十二条第二項（控訴の取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-292/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-292/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百六十条第三項（異議の取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-360/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-360/par-3 --- ## 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