# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百八十一条 (Article 281) - 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: 第二百八十一条 (Article 281)（控訴をすることができる判決等） — address `art-281` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281 - 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. --- ### 第二百八十一条（控訴をすることができる判決等） — (Judgments That Are Appealable to the Court of Second Instance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-281 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281 **第一項** 控訴は、地方裁判所が第一審としてした終局判決又は簡易裁判所の終局判決に対してすることができる。ただし、終局判決後、当事者双方が共に上告をする権利を留保して控訴をしない旨の合意をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-281/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-1 An appeal to the court of second instance may be filed against a final judgment that a district court has entered as the court of first instance, or against a final judgment entered by a summary court; provided, however, that this does not apply if, after the final judgment is entered, both parties agree not to appeal to the court of second instance, though reserving the right to file a final appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十一条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の合意について準用する。 art-281/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-2 The provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an agreement as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-281/par-2: 第十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-2 - art-281/par-2: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-3 - art-281/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十一条第一項 (Article 281, paragraph (1)), art-281/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十一条第二項（控訴をすることができる判決等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十一条第二項（上告裁判所） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-311/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-311/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項（電磁的記録による管轄の合意等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-4/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