# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条の四 (Article 3-4) - 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: 第三条の四 (Article 3-4)（消費者契約及び労働関係に関する訴えの管轄権） — address `art-3-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4 - 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. --- ### 第三条の四（消費者契約及び労働関係に関する訴えの管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Actions Involving Consumer Contracts and Labor Relations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4 **第一項** 消費者（個人（事業として又は事業のために契約の当事者となる場合におけるものを除く。）をいう。以下同じ。）と事業者（法人その他の社団又は財団及び事業として又は事業のために契約の当事者となる場合における個人をいう。以下同じ。）との間で締結される契約（労働契約を除く。以下「消費者契約」という。）に関する消費者からの事業者に対する訴えは、訴えの提起の時又は消費者契約の締結の時における消費者の住所が日本国内にあるときは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。 art-3-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4/par-1 An action involving a contract concluded between a consumer (meaning an individual (except for an individual that becomes a party to a contract as a part of a business undertaking or for business purposes); the same applies below) and an enterprise (meaning a corporation or any other association or foundation or an individual that becomes a party to a contract as a part of a business undertaking or for business purposes; the same applies below) (this excludes a labor contract; referred to below as a "consumer contract"), which is brought by the consumer against the enterprise, may be filed with the Japanese courts if the consumer is domiciled in Japan at the time the action is filed or at the time the consumer contract is concluded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 労働契約の存否その他の労働関係に関する事項について個々の労働者と事業主との間に生じた民事に関する紛争（以下「個別労働関係民事紛争」という。）に関する労働者からの事業主に対する訴えは、個別労働関係民事紛争に係る労働契約における労務の提供の地（その地が定まっていない場合にあっては、労働者を雇い入れた事業所の所在地）が日本国内にあるときは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。 art-3-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4/par-2 An action that an individual worker brings against an employer in connection with a dispute over a civil matter that arises between them over the existence or absence of a labor contract or any other matter that concerns their labor relationship (referred to below as a "civil dispute over an individual labor relationship") may be filed with the Japanese courts if the place for providing the labor under the labor contract subject to the dispute (or the locality of the place of business that hired the worker, if the place for providing the labor is not established) is within Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 消費者契約に関する事業者からの消費者に対する訴え及び個別労働関係民事紛争に関する事業主からの労働者に対する訴えについては、前条の規定は、適用しない。 art-3-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4/par-3 The provisions of the preceding Article do not apply to an action involving a consumer contract which is brought by an enterprise against a consumer, or an action involving a civil dispute over an individual labor relationship which is brought by an employer against a worker. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-3-4/par-3: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17