# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条の三 (Article 3-3) - 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: 第三条の三 (Article 3-3)（契約上の債務に関する訴え等の管轄権） — address `art-3-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条の三（契約上の債務に関する訴え等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over an Action Involving a Contractual Obligation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる訴えは、それぞれ当該各号に定めるときは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。 一　契約上の債務の履行の請求を目的とする訴え又は契約上の債務に関して行われた事務管理若しくは生じた不当利得に係る請求、契約上の債務の不履行による損害賠償の請求その他契約上の債務に関する請求を目的とする訴え 契約において定められた当該債務の履行地が日本国内にあるとき、又は契約において選択された地の法によれば当該債務の履行地が日本国内にあるとき。 二　手形又は小切手による金銭の支払の請求を目的とする訴え 手形又は小切手の支払地が日本国内にあるとき。 三　財産権上の訴え 請求の目的が日本国内にあるとき、又は当該訴えが金銭の支払を請求するものである場合には差し押さえることができる被告の財産が日本国内にあるとき（その財産の価額が著しく低いときを除く。）。 四　事務所又は営業所を有する者に対する訴えでその事務所又は営業所における業務に関するもの 当該事務所又は営業所が日本国内にあるとき。 五　日本において事業を行う者（日本において取引を継続してする外国会社（会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第二条第二号に規定する外国会社をいう。）を含む。）に対する訴え 当該訴えがその者の日本における業務に関するものであるとき。 六　船舶債権その他船舶を担保とする債権に基づく訴え 船舶が日本国内にあるとき。 七　会社その他の社団又は財団に関する訴えで次に掲げるもの 社団又は財団が法人である場合にはそれが日本の法令により設立されたものであるとき、法人でない場合にはその主たる事務所又は営業所が日本国内にあるとき。 イ　会社その他の社団からの社員若しくは社員であった者に対する訴え、社員からの社員若しくは社員であった者に対する訴え又は社員であった者からの社員に対する訴えで、社員としての資格に基づくもの ロ　社団又は財団からの役員又は役員であった者に対する訴えで役員としての資格に基づくもの ハ　会社からの発起人若しくは発起人であった者又は検査役若しくは検査役であった者に対する訴えで発起人又は検査役としての資格に基づくもの ニ　会社その他の社団の債権者からの社員又は社員であった者に対する訴えで社員としての資格に基づくもの 八　不法行為に関する訴え 不法行為があった地が日本国内にあるとき（外国で行われた加害行為の結果が日本国内で発生した場合において、日本国内におけるその結果の発生が通常予見することのできないものであったときを除く。）。 九　船舶の衝突その他海上の事故に基づく損害賠償の訴え 損害を受けた船舶が最初に到達した地が日本国内にあるとき。 十　海難救助に関する訴え 海難救助があった地又は救助された船舶が最初に到達した地が日本国内にあるとき。 十一　不動産に関する訴え 不動産が日本国内にあるとき。 十二　相続権若しくは遺留分に関する訴え又は遺贈その他死亡によって効力を生ずべき行為に関する訴え 相続開始の時における被相続人の住所が日本国内にあるとき、住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には相続開始の時における被相続人の居所が日本国内にあるとき、居所がない場合又は居所が知れない場合には被相続人が相続開始の前に日本国内に住所を有していたとき（日本国内に最後に住所を有していた後に外国に住所を有していたときを除く。）。 十三　相続債権その他相続財産の負担に関する訴えで前号に掲げる訴えに該当しないもの 同号に定めるとき。 art-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3/par-1 An action stated in each of the following items may be filed with the Japanese courts if the circumstances specified in that item apply: (i) an action seeking the performance of a contractual obligation, or an action seeking a claim relating to benevolent intervention in another's affairs carried out, or unjust enrichment arising, in connection with a contractual obligation, a claim for damages for non-performance of a contractual obligation, or any other claim in connection with a contractual obligation if the place of performance of the obligation as specified in the contract is within Japan, or if the place of performance of the obligation is within Japan according to the law of the place selected in the contract. (ii) an action seeking the payment of money based on a bill, note, or check if the place for payment of the bill, note, or check is within Japan. (iii) an action involving property rights if the subject matter of the claim is within Japan, or, if the action seeks payment of money, if property of the defendant that can be seized is within Japan (excluding the case where the value of that property is extremely low). (iv) an action against a person with an office or business office, which relates to the business conducted at that office or business office if that office or business office is within Japan. (v) an action against a person who conducts business in Japan (including a foreign company (meaning a foreign company as prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)) that continuously engages in transactions in Japan) if the action relates to that person's business in Japan. (vi) an action based on a ship claim or any other claim secured by a ship if the ship is within Japan. (vii) an action of any of the following kinds concerning a company or any other association or foundation if the association or foundation is a corporation, when it has been established pursuant to laws and regulations of Japan, and if it is not a corporation, when its principal office or business office is within Japan. (a) an action by a company or any other association against a member or former member, an action by a member against a member or former member, or an action by a former member against a member, that is based on the capacity as a member (b) an action by an association or foundation against an officer or former officer that is based on the capacity as an officer (c) an action by a company against an incorporator or former incorporator, or against an inspector or former inspector, that is based on the capacity as an incorporator or inspector (d) an action by a creditor of a company or any other association against a member or former member that is based on the capacity as a member (viii) an action involving a tort if the place where the tort occurred is within Japan (excluding the case where the result of a harmful act committed in a foreign country occurred within Japan and the occurrence of that result within Japan was something that could not ordinarily have been foreseen). (ix) an action for damages based on a ship collision or any other maritime accident if the place where the damaged ship first arrived is within Japan. (x) an action involving marine salvage if the place where the marine salvage occurred, or the place where the salvaged ship first arrived, is within Japan. (xi) an action involving real property if the real property is within Japan. (xii) an action involving the right of inheritance or the statutory reserved share, or an action involving a testamentary gift or any other act that is to take effect upon death if the decedent's domicile at the time of commencement of the inheritance is within Japan; if there is no domicile or the domicile is unknown, if the decedent's residence at the time of commencement of the inheritance is within Japan; and if there is no residence or the residence is unknown, if the decedent had a domicile within Japan before the commencement of the inheritance (excluding the case where the decedent had a domicile in a foreign country after last having a domicile within Japan). (xiii) an action involving a claim against an inheritance or any other burden on inherited property that does not fall under the action stated in the preceding item in the case specified in that item. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-3-3/par-1: 会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第二条第二号 → 会社法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三条の四第三項（消費者契約及び労働関係に関する訴えの管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の十第一項（管轄権が専属する場合の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-10/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17