# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百五十三条 (Article 353) - 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: 第三百五十三条 (Article 353)（通常の手続への移行） — address `art-353` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353 - 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. --- ### 第三百五十三条（通常の手続への移行） — (Transfer to Ordinary Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-353 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353 **第一項** 原告は、口頭弁論の終結に至るまで、被告の承諾を要しないで、訴訟を通常の手続に移行させる旨の申述をすることができる。 art-353/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-1 The plaintiff, without the consent of the defendant, may enter a statement requesting that litigation be transferred to ordinary proceedings, until that time as oral arguments are concluded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 訴訟は、前項の申述があった時に、通常の手続に移行する。 art-353/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-2 Litigation is transferred to ordinary proceedings upon the entry of a statement as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合には、裁判所は、直ちに、被告に対し、訴訟が通常の手続に移行した旨の通知をしなければならない。ただし、第一項の申述が被告の出頭した期日において口頭でされたものであるときは、その通知をすることを要しない。 art-353/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-3 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must immediately send the defendant a notice stating that litigation has been transferred to ordinary proceedings; provided, however, that this notice is not required if a statement as referred to in paragraph (1) has been entered orally on a court date at which the defendant has appeared. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の場合には、手形訴訟のため既に指定した期日は、通常の手続のために指定したものとみなす。 art-353/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-4 In a case as referred to in paragraph (2), the court dates already designated for the action on bills or notes is deemed to have been designated for ordinary proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-353/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第一項 (Article 353, paragraph (1)), art-353/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-1 - art-353/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第二項 (Article 353, paragraph (2)), art-353/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-2 - art-353/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第一項 (Article 353, paragraph (1)), art-353/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-1 - art-353/par-4: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第二項 (Article 353, paragraph (2)), art-353/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第二項（通常の手続への移行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第三項（通常の手続への移行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条第四項（通常の手続への移行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十四条第一項（口頭弁論の終結） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-354/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-354/par-1 - 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