# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三十二条 (Article 32) - 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（被保佐人、被補助人及び法定代理人の訴訟行為の特則） — address `art-32` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32 - 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. --- ### 第三十二条（被保佐人、被補助人及び法定代理人の訴訟行為の特則） — (Special Provisions on Procedural Acts by Persons under Curatorship, Persons Under Assistantship, and Legal Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32 **第一項** 被保佐人、被補助人（訴訟行為をすることにつきその補助人の同意を得ることを要するものに限る。次項及び第四十条第四項において同じ。）又は後見人その他の法定代理人が相手方の提起した訴え又は上訴について訴訟行為をするには、保佐人若しくは保佐監督人、補助人若しくは補助監督人又は後見監督人の同意その他の授権を要しない。 art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-1 A person under curatorship, a person under assistantship (limited to a person that is required to obtain consent from the assistant to perform procedural acts; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 40, paragraph (4)), or a guardian or other such legal representative is not required to obtain consent or a delegation of powers from the curator or curatorship supervisor, assistant or assistantship supervisor, or guardianship supervisor in order to perform a procedural act with regard to an action or appeal filed by an adverse party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 被保佐人、被補助人又は後見人その他の法定代理人が次に掲げる訴訟行為をするには、特別の授権がなければならない。 art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2 A person under curatorship, a person under assistantship, or a guardian or other such legal representative must have a special delegation of powers in order to perform any of the following procedural acts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 訴えの取下げ、和解、請求の放棄若しくは認諾又は第四十八条（第五十条第三項及び第五十一条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による脱退 art-32/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2/item-1 withdrawing an action, entering into a settlement, waiving or acknowledging a claim, or withdrawing from litigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 48 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (3) and Article 51); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 控訴、上告又は第三百十八条第一項の申立ての取下げ art-32/par-2/item-2 · 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 withdrawing an appeal to the court of second instance, a final appeal, or a petition as referred to in Article 318, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第三百六十条（第三百六十七条第二項、第三百七十八条第二項及び第三百八十一条の七第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による異議の取下げ又はその取下げについての同意 art-32/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2/item-3 withdrawing an objection under the provisions of Article 360 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 367, paragraph (2), Article 378, paragraph (2) and Article 381-7, paragraph (2)) or consenting to such a withdrawal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-32/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2 - art-32/par-1: 第四十条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第四項 (Article 40, paragraph (4)), art-40/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-4 - art-32/par-2/item-1: 第四十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第四十八条 (Article 48), art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-48 - art-32/par-2/item-1: 第五十条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十条第三項 (Article 50, paragraph (3)), art-50/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-3 - art-32/par-2/item-1: 第五十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-51 - art-32/par-2/item-2: 第三百十八条第一項 → 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-32/par-2/item-3: 第三百六十条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十条 (Article 360), art-360 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-360 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-360 - art-32/par-2/item-3: 第三百六十七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十七条第二項 (Article 367, paragraph (2)), art-367/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/par-2 - art-32/par-2/item-3: 第三百七十八条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十八条第二項 (Article 378, paragraph (2)), art-378/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-378/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-378/par-2 - art-32/par-2/item-3: 第三百八十一条の七第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の七第二項 (Article 381-7, paragraph (2)), art-381-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-7/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第四十条第四項（必要的共同訴訟） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-4 --- ## 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