# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百七十九条 (Article 279) - 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: 第二百七十九条 (Article 279)（司法委員） — address `art-279` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十九条（司法委員） — (Judicial Commissioners) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-279 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、和解を試みるについて司法委員に補助をさせ、又は司法委員を審理に立ち会わせて事件につきその意見を聴くことができる。 art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-1 If the court finds it to be necessary, it may have a judicial commissioner assist in the attempt to arrange a settlement or have a judicial commissioner attend the trial so that it may hear the commissioner's opinion on the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 司法委員の員数は、各事件について一人以上とする。 art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-2 The number of judicial commissioners is one or more for each case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 司法委員は、毎年あらかじめ地方裁判所の選任した者の中から、事件ごとに裁判所が指定する。 art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-3 A judicial commissioner is designated by the court for each case, from among persons appointed in advance by the district court each year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定により選任される者の資格、員数その他同項の選任に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。 art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-4 The status of persons appointed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, their number, and particulars that are otherwise necessary in connection with an appointment as referred to in that paragraph are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 司法委員には、最高裁判所規則で定める額の旅費、日当及び宿泊料を支給する。 art-279/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-5 A judicial commissioner is paid travel expenses, a daily allowance, and lodging expenses in the amounts specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-279/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十九条第三項 (Article 279, paragraph (3)), art-279/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十九条第四項（司法委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-279/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-279/par-4 --- ## 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