# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百九十二条 (Article 392)

- 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: 第三百九十二条 (Article 392)（期間の徒過による支払督促の失効） — address `art-392`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-392
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### 第三百九十二条（期間の徒過による支払督促の失効） — (Loss of Validity of a Demand for Payment upon the Expiration of a Time Frame)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-392 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-392 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-392</sup>

  **第一項**  債権者が仮執行の宣言の申立てをすることができる時から三十日以内にその申立てをしないときは、支払督促は、その効力を失う。
  <sup>art-392/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-392/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-392/par-1</sup>
  If a creditor does not file a petition for a declaration of provisional enforceability within 30 days from the time at which it becomes permissible for the creditor to file that petition, the demand for payment ceases to be valid.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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