# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八条 (Article 308)

- 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: 第三百八条 (Article 308) — address `art-308`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-308
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-308
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### 第三百八条
<sup>art-308 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-308 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-308</sup>

  **第一項**  前条本文に規定する場合のほか、控訴裁判所が第一審判決を取り消す場合において、事件につき更に弁論をする必要があるときは、これを第一審裁判所に差し戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-308/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-308/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-308/par-1</sup>
  In a case other than that which is prescribed in the main clause of the preceding Article, in which the court of second instance sets aside a judgment in the first instance, if additional oral arguments in the case are necessary, it may remand the case to the court of first instance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第一審裁判所における訴訟手続が法律に違反したことを理由として事件を差し戻したときは、その訴訟手続は、これによって取り消されたものとみなす。
  <sup>art-308/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-308/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-308/par-2</sup>
  If a case is remanded on the grounds that litigation proceedings in the court of first instance is in violation of the law, that litigation proceedings are deemed to have been set aside by the remand.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-308/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七条 (Article 307), art-307 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-307 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-307

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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