# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八十一条 (Article 381) - 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: 第三百八十一条 (Article 381)（過料） — address `art-381` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十一条（過料） — (Civil Fines) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-381 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381 **第一項** 少額訴訟による審理及び裁判を求めた者が第三百六十八条第三項の回数について虚偽の届出をしたときは、裁判所は、決定で、十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-381/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-1 If a person seeking a trial and judicial decision through a small claims action falsely reports the number of times referred to in Article 368, paragraph (3), the court issues a ruling sentencing that person to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-381/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百八十九条の規定は、第一項の規定による過料の裁判について準用する。 art-381/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-3 The provisions of Article 189 apply mutatis mutandis to a judicial decision imposing a civil fine under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-381/par-1: 第三百六十八条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十八条第三項 (Article 368, paragraph (3)), art-368/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-368/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-368/par-3 - art-381/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条第一項 (Article 381, paragraph (1)), art-381/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-1 - art-381/par-3: 第百八十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十九条 (Article 189), art-189 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189 - art-381/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条第一項 (Article 381, paragraph (1)), art-381/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条第二項（過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条第三項（過料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-3 --- ## 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