# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百十八条 (Article 318) - 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: 第三百十八条 (Article 318)（上告受理の申立て） — address `art-318` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318 - 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. --- ### 第三百十八条（上告受理の申立て） — (Petitioning the Supreme Court to Accept a Final Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-318 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318 **第一項** 上告をすべき裁判所が最高裁判所である場合には、最高裁判所は、原判決に最高裁判所の判例（これがない場合にあっては、大審院又は上告裁判所若しくは控訴裁判所である高等裁判所の判例）と相反する判断がある事件その他の法令の解釈に関する重要な事項を含むものと認められる事件について、申立てにより、決定で、上告審として事件を受理することができる。 art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 If the Supreme Court is the court with which the final appeal should be filed, it may rule, upon petition, to accept as the final appellate court, a case in which a prior instance judgment reflects a determination that conflicts with Supreme Court precedent (or, if there is no Supreme Court precedent, conflicts with precedent of the former Great Court of Cassation or precedent of the high court acting as the final appellate court or the court of second instance) or to accept any other case that is found to involve matters of material import in the interpretation of laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立て（以下「上告受理の申立て」という。）においては、第三百十二条第一項及び第二項に規定する事由を理由とすることができない。 art-318/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-2 A petition as referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to below as a "petition to accept a final appeal") may not give circumstances prescribed in Article 312, paragraphs (1) and (2) as the grounds for petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合において、最高裁判所は、上告受理の申立ての理由中に重要でないと認めるものがあるときは、これを排除することができる。 art-318/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-3 In a case as referred to in paragraph (1), the Supreme Court may exclude any grounds for petition to accept a final appeal that it finds to be immaterial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の決定があった場合には、上告があったものとみなす。この場合においては、第三百二十条の規定の適用については、上告受理の申立ての理由中前項の規定により排除されたもの以外のものを上告の理由とみなす。 art-318/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-4 If a ruling as referred to paragraph (1) is issued, a final appeal is deemed to have been filed. To apply the provisions of Article 320 in such a case, grounds for petition to accept a final appeal other than those excluded pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed to be the grounds for the final appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三百十三条から第三百十五条まで及び第三百十六条第一項の規定は、上告受理の申立てについて準用する。 art-318/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-5 The provisions of Articles 313 through 315 and Article 316, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition to accept a final appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-318/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第一項 (Article 318, paragraph (1)), art-318/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 - art-318/par-2: 第三百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), art-312/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-1 - art-318/par-2: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項 (Article 312, paragraph (2)), art-312/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2 - art-318/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第一項 (Article 318, paragraph (1)), art-318/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 - art-318/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第一項 (Article 318, paragraph (1)), art-318/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 - art-318/par-4: 第三百二十条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十条 (Article 320), art-320 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-320 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-320 - art-318/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第三項 (Article 318, paragraph (3)), art-318/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-3 - art-318/par-5: 第三百十三条から第三百十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百十三条 (Article 313), art-313 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-313 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-313 - art-318/par-5: 第三百十三条から第三百十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百十四条 (Article 314), art-314 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-314 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-314 - art-318/par-5: 第三百十三条から第三百十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百十五条 (Article 315), art-315 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-315 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-315 - art-318/par-5: 第三百十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十六条第一項 (Article 316, paragraph (1)), art-316/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項第二号（被保佐人、被補助人及び法定代理人の訴訟行為の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2/item-2 - 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第二項第三号（訴訟代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百十六条第一項（判決の確定時期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第二項（上告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第三項（上告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第四項（上告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第六項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-6 --- ## 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