# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百七十六条 (Article 276) - 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: 第二百七十六条 (Article 276)（準備書面の省略等） — address `art-276` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十六条（準備書面の省略等） — (Omission of Briefs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276 **第一項** 口頭弁論は、書面で準備することを要しない。 art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-1 Oral arguments are not required to be prepared in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相手方が準備をしなければ陳述をすることができないと認めるべき事項は、前項の規定にかかわらず、書面で準備し、又は口頭弁論前直接に相手方に通知しなければならない。 art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, written preparations must be made or the adverse party must be given direct notice prior to oral arguments with regard to any matter for which it would be found that the adverse party is unable to enter a statement without preparation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する事項は、相手方が在廷していない口頭弁論においては、次の各号のいずれかに該当する準備書面に記載し、又は同項の規定による通知をしたものでなければ、主張することができない。 art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-3 During oral arguments for which the adverse party is not present in court, no matter prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be alleged other than what is stated in a brief that falls under any of the following or conveyed in the notice under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 相手方に送達された準備書面 art-276/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-3/item-1 a brief that has been served on the adverse party; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 相手方からその準備書面を受領した旨を記載した書面が提出された場合における当該準備書面 art-276/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-3/item-2 a brief for which the adverse party has submitted written acknowledgment of receipt; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 相手方が第九十一条の二第一項の規定により準備書面の閲覧をし、又は同条第二項の規定により準備書面の複写をした場合における当該準備書面 art-276/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-3/item-3 a brief that the adverse party has inspected pursuant to the provisions of Article 91-2, paragraph (1) or copied pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-276/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第一項 (Article 276, paragraph (1)), art-276/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-1 - art-276/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第二項 (Article 276, paragraph (2)), art-276/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-2 - art-276/par-3/item-3: 第九十一条の二第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第一項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (1)), art-91-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1 - art-276/par-3/item-3: 同条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第二項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (2)), art-91-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第二項（準備書面の省略等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第三項（準備書面の省略等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/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