# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百五十二条 (Article 352) - 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: 第三百五十二条 (Article 352)（証拠調べの制限） — address `art-352` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352 - 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. --- ### 第三百五十二条（証拠調べの制限） — (Limitations to the Examination of Evidence) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-352 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352 **第一項** 手形訴訟においては、証拠調べは、書証及び電磁的記録に記録された情報の内容に係る証拠調べに限りすることができる。 art-352/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-1 In an action on bills or notes, the court may only conduct examinations of evidence that involve documentary evidence and the content of information recorded in electronic or magnetic records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 文書の提出の命令若しくは送付の嘱託又は第二百三十一条の三第一項において準用する第二百二十三条に規定する命令若しくは同項において準用する第二百二十六条に規定する嘱託は、することができない。対照の用に供すべき筆跡又は印影を備える物件の提出の命令又は送付の嘱託についても、同様とする。 art-352/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-2 The court may not order a person to submit a document or request a person to send a document, and it may not issue an order as prescribed in Article 223 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 231-3, paragraph (1) or to make a request as prescribed in Article 226 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that paragraph. The same applies to the court's ordering a person to submit an object that contains handwriting or a seal impression to be used for comparison or to the court's requesting a person to send the object. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 文書若しくは電磁的記録の成立の真否又は手形の提示に関する事実については、申立てにより、当事者本人を尋問することができる。 art-352/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-3 Upon petition, the court may examine the parties themselves regarding the authenticity or inauthenticity of a document's or electronic or magnetic record's provenance or regarding a fact that concerns the presentation of a bill or note. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 証拠調べの嘱託は、することができない。第百八十六条第一項の規定による調査の嘱託についても、同様とする。 art-352/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-4 The court may not commission the examination of evidence. The same applies to the commissioning of an examination under the provisions of Article 186, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、裁判所が職権で調査すべき事項には、適用しない。 art-352/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to matters that are to be examined by the court sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-352/par-2: 第二百三十一条の三第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十一条の三第一項 (Article 231-3, paragraph (1)), art-231-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-231-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-231-3/par-1 - art-352/par-2: 第二百二十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十三条 (Article 223), art-223 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-223 - art-352/par-2: 第二百二十六条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十六条 (Article 226), art-226 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-226 - art-352/par-4: 第百八十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-186/par-1 - art-352/par-5: 前各項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条第一項 (Article 352, paragraph (1)), art-352/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-1 - art-352/par-5: 前各項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条第二項 (Article 352, paragraph (2)), art-352/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-2 - art-352/par-5: 前各項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条第三項 (Article 352, paragraph (3)), art-352/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-3 - art-352/par-5: 前各項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条第四項 (Article 352, paragraph (4)), art-352/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条第五項（証拠調べの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第三百六十七条第二項（小切手訴訟） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/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