# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三十六条 (Article 36)

- 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（法定代理権の消滅の通知） — address `art-36`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36
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### 第三十六条（法定代理権の消滅の通知） — (Notice of Lapse of the Authority to Act as a Person's Legal Representative)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36</sup>

    **第一項**  法定代理権の消滅は、本人又は代理人から相手方に通知しなければ、その効力を生じない。
    <sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36/par-1</sup>
    The lapse of authority to act as a person's legal representative does not become valid until the principal or the agent notifies the adverse party of it.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定は、選定当事者の選定の取消し及び変更について準用する。
    <sup>art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36/par-2</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the voidance of a person's appointment as an appointed party or a change of appointed parties.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-36/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第三十六条第二項（法定代理権の消滅の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-36/par-2
- 民事訴訟法 第五十九条第一項（法定代理の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-59/par-1

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## 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
