# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百四十八条 (Article 348) - 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: 第三百四十八条 (Article 348)（本案の審理及び裁判） — address `art-348` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348 - 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. --- ### 第三百四十八条（本案の審理及び裁判） — (Trial and Judicial Decision on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-348 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348 **第一項** 裁判所は、再審開始の決定が確定した場合には、不服申立ての限度で、本案の審理及び裁判をする。 art-348/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-1 When a ruling to commence a retrial becomes final and binding, the court conducts a trial and reaches a judicial decision on the merits, within the bounds of the party's protest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の場合において、判決を正当とするときは、再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。 art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds that the judgment in question is just, it must dismiss the claims for retrial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の場合を除き、判決を取り消した上、更に裁判をしなければならない。 art-348/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-3 Except in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must set aside the judgment and reach another judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-348/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第一項 (Article 348, paragraph (1)), art-348/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-1 - art-348/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第二項 (Article 348, paragraph (2)), art-348/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第二項（本案の審理及び裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百四十八条第三項（本案の審理及び裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-348/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-348/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