# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条の五 (Article 3-5)

- 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: 第三条の五 (Article 3-5)（管轄権の専属） — address `art-3-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5
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### 第三条の五（管轄権の専属） — (Exclusive Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5</sup>

    **第一項**  会社法第七編第二章に規定する訴え（同章第四節及び第六節に規定するものを除く。）、一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律（平成十八年法律第四十八号）第六章第二節に規定する訴えその他これらの法令以外の日本の法令により設立された社団又は財団に関する訴えでこれらに準ずるものの管轄権は、日本の裁判所に専属する。
    <sup>art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5/par-1</sup>
    Actions prescribed in Part VII, Chapter II of the Companies Act (excluding those prescribed in Sections 4 and 6 of that Chapter), actions prescribed in Chapter VI, Section 2 of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006), and other equivalent actions equivalent involving associations or foundations incorporated pursuant to Japanese laws and regulations other than those Acts, are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japanese courts.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  登記又は登録に関する訴えの管轄権は、登記又は登録をすべき地が日本国内にあるときは、日本の裁判所に専属する。
    <sup>art-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5/par-2</sup>
    An action related to a registration is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japanese courts if the place where the registration is to be made is within Japan.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  知的財産権（知的財産基本法（平成十四年法律第百二十二号）第二条第二項に規定する知的財産権をいう。）のうち設定の登録により発生するものの存否又は効力に関する訴えの管轄権は、その登録が日本においてされたものであるときは、日本の裁判所に専属する。
    <sup>art-3-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5/par-3</sup>
    An action about the existence or absence or the validity of an intellectual property right (meaning an intellectual property right as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Intellectual Property Basic Act (Act No. 122 of 2002)) that arises through a registration establishing that intellectual property right is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japanese courts if that registration was made in Japan.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-3-5/par-3: 知的財産基本法（平成十四年法律第百二十二号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000122, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection

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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
