# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第四百四条 (Article 404)

- 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: 第四百四条 (Article 404)（原裁判所による裁判） — address `art-404`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404
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### 第四百四条（原裁判所による裁判） — (Judicial Decision by the Court of Prior Instance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-404 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-404</sup>

**第一項**  第三百二十七条第一項の上告の提起、仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する上告の提起若しくは上告受理の申立て又は仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する控訴の提起があった場合において、訴訟記録が原裁判所に存するときは、その裁判所が、前条第一項に規定する申立てについての裁判をする。
<sup>art-404/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-404/par-1</sup>
If an appeal as referred to in Article 327, paragraph (1) is filed, a final appeal or a Petition for the Acceptance of Final Appeal is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an appeal to the court of second instance is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, and the case record is stored at the court of prior instance, that court reaches a judicial decision on the petition prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に対する督促異議の申立てがあった場合について準用する。
<sup>art-404/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-404/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an objection is filed to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-404/par-1: 第三百二十七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十七条第一項 (Article 327, paragraph (1)), art-327/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-327/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-327/par-1
- art-404/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項 (Article 403, paragraph (1)), art-403/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-403/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-403/par-1
- art-404/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百四条第一項 (Article 404, paragraph (1)), art-404/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-404/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第一号（執行停止の裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-403/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-403/par-1/item-1
- 民事訴訟法 第四百四条第二項（原裁判所による裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-404/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-404/par-2

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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
