# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百四十二条 (Article 342) - 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: 第三百四十二条 (Article 342)（再審期間） — address `art-342` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十二条（再審期間） — (Time Frame for a Retrial) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-342 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342 **第一項** 再審の訴えは、当事者が判決の確定した後再審の事由を知った日から三十日の不変期間内に提起しなければならない。 art-342/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-1 A retrial must be demanded within an inalterable time frame of 30 days from the day on which a party has become aware of the grounds for retrial, after the judgment has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 判決が確定した日（再審の事由が判決の確定した後に生じた場合にあっては、その事由が発生した日）から五年を経過したときは、再審の訴えを提起することができない。 art-342/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-2 It is not permissible to demand a retrial once five years have elapsed from the day on which the judgment becomes final and binding (or, if grounds for retrial occur after the judgment becomes final and binding, the day on which the grounds for retrial occur). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第三百三十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事由のうち代理権を欠いたこと及び同項第十号に掲げる事由を理由とする再審の訴えには、適用しない。 art-342/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to a demand for a retrial filed on the grounds of a lack of representative authority, which is among the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iii), nor do they apply to the circumstances stated in Article 338, paragraph (1), item (x). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-342/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条第一項 (Article 342, paragraph (1)), art-342/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-1 - art-342/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条第二項 (Article 342, paragraph (2)), art-342/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-2 - art-342/par-3: 第三百三十八条第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第三号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-338/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-338/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-338/par-1/item-3 - art-342/par-3: 同項第十号 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十八条第一項第十号 (Article 338, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-338/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-338/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-338/par-1/item-10 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百四十二条第三項（再審期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-342/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-342/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百四十九条第二項（決定又は命令に対する再審） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-349/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-349/par-2 --- ## 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