# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百七十五条 (Article 375) - 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: 第三百七十五条 (Article 375)（判決による支払の猶予） — address `art-375` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百七十五条（判決による支払の猶予） — (Granting a Grace Period for Payment Upon the Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-375 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375 **第一項** 裁判所は、請求を認容する判決をする場合において、被告の資力その他の事情を考慮して特に必要があると認めるときは、判決の言渡しの日から三年を超えない範囲内において、認容する請求に係る金銭の支払について、その時期の定め若しくは分割払の定めをし、又はこれと併せて、その時期の定めに従い支払をしたとき、若しくはその分割払の定めによる期限の利益を次項の規定による定めにより失うことなく支払をしたときは訴え提起後の遅延損害金の支払義務を免除する旨の定めをすることができる。 art-375/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-1 If the court enters a judgment upholding a claim and finds it to be particularly necessary in consideration of the defendant's financial resources or other such circumstances, it may establish rules on a time frame or installment plan, not exceeding three years from the date on which it renders the judgment, for paying the money under the claim it is upholding, and may simultaneously establish that the defendant will be exempted from the obligation to pay any default charges that have accrued after the filing of the action if the defendant pays the money under that claim in accordance with the rules on the time frame, or if the defendant pays that money without losing the benefit of time gained from the rules on the installment plan, pursuant to the rules under the following paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の分割払の定めをするときは、被告が支払を怠った場合における期限の利益の喪失についての定めをしなければならない。 art-375/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-2 If the court establishes rules on an installment plan as referred to in the preceding paragraph, it must establish rules on the forfeiture of the acceleration of due date in the event of the defendant's failure to pay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による定めに関する裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-375/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-3 It is not permissible to enter a protest against a judicial decision involving the rules under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-375/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第二項 (Article 375, paragraph (2)), art-375/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-2 - art-375/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第一項 (Article 375, paragraph (1)), art-375/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-1 - art-375/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第一項 (Article 375, paragraph (1)), art-375/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-1 - art-375/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第二項 (Article 375, paragraph (2)), art-375/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第一項（判決による支払の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第二項（判決による支払の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十五条第三項（判決による支払の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-375/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-375/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十九条第二項（異議後の審理及び裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-379/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-379/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