# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第五十八条 (Article 58) - 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（訴訟代理権の不消滅） — address `art-58` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58 - 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. --- ### 第五十八条（訴訟代理権の不消滅） — (Non-Extinguishment of Authority to Act as a Person's Litigation Representative) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58 **第一項** 訴訟代理権は、次に掲げる事由によっては、消滅しない。 art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-1 The following grounds do not cause a person's authority to act as a litigation representative to be extinguished: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者の死亡又は訴訟能力の喪失 art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-1/item-1 a party's death or loss of capacity to sue or be sued; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当事者である法人の合併による消滅 art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-1/item-2 the disappearance due to merger of a corporation that is a party; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当事者である受託者の信託に関する任務の終了 art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-1/item-3 termination of duties involved in a trust assigned to a trustee that is a party; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 法定代理人の死亡、訴訟能力の喪失又は代理権の消滅若しくは変更 art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-1/item-4 a legal representative's death or loss of capacity to sue or be sued, or extinguishment or modification of the legal representative's authority to act as a person's legal representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 一定の資格を有する者で自己の名で他人のために訴訟の当事者となるものの訴訟代理人の代理権は、当事者の死亡その他の事由による資格の喪失によっては、消滅しない。 art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-2 A litigation representative's authority to act as the litigation representative for a person of a certain status who stands as a party to litigation in that person's own name on behalf of another person does not extinguish due to the party's loss of that status due to death or other such grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、選定当事者が死亡その他の事由により資格を喪失した場合について準用する。 art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an appointed party has lost that status due to death or other such grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-58/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第五十八条第三項（訴訟代理権の不消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/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