# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（訴訟代理人の資格） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条（訴訟代理人の資格） — (Qualification as a Litigation Representative) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54 **第一項** 法令により裁判上の行為をすることができる代理人のほか、弁護士でなければ訴訟代理人となることができない。ただし、簡易裁判所においては、その許可を得て、弁護士でない者を訴訟代理人とすることができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-1 Except for an agent who may act in court pursuant to law or regulation, no person other than an attorney may serve as a litigation representative; provided, however, that in summary court, with the court's permission, a person who is not an attorney at law may be named litigation representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の許可は、いつでも取り消すことができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-2 The permission stated in the preceding paragraph may be revoked at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十三条第一項（代理人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-1 - 民事執行法 附則第七条第一項第一号（特例執行文付与申立事件に関する裁判所に対する電子情報処理組織による申立て等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-7/par-1/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第五十四条第二項（訴訟代理人の資格） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第一項第一号（電子情報処理組織による申立て等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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