# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百八十六条 (Article 286)

- 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: 第二百八十六条 (Article 286)（控訴提起の方式） — address `art-286`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286
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### 第二百八十六条（控訴提起の方式） — (Formalities for Filing Appeals to the Court of Second Instance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-286 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-286</sup>

  **第一項**  控訴の提起は、控訴状を第一審裁判所に提出してしなければならない。
  <sup>art-286/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-286/par-1</sup>
  An appeal to the court of second instance must be filed through the submission of a petition for appeal to the court of first instance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  控訴状には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-286/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-286/par-2</sup>
  The following particulars must be entered in a petition for appeal:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  当事者及び法定代理人
    <sup>art-286/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-286/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the parties and legal representatives;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第一審判決の表示及びその判決に対して控訴をする旨
    <sup>art-286/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-286/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-286/par-2/item-2</sup>
    an identification of the judgment in the first instance and an indication that this is the judgment against which the appeal is being filed.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第二百八十八条第一項（裁判長の控訴状審査権等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-288/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-288/par-1

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## 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