# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第六十九条 (Article 69) - 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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（法定代理人等の費用償還） — address `art-69` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条（法定代理人等の費用償還） — (Reimbursement of Costs by a Legal Representative) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69 **第一項** 法定代理人、訴訟代理人、裁判所書記官又は執行官が故意又は重大な過失によって無益な訴訟費用を生じさせたときは、受訴裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、これらの者に対し、その費用額の償還を命ずることができる。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-1 If a legal representative, litigation representative, court clerk, or court enforcement officer, intentionally or through gross negligence, gives rise to unnecessary court costs, the court in charge of the case, upon petition or sua sponte, may order that person to reimburse the relevant person in the amount of those costs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、法定代理人又は訴訟代理人として訴訟行為をした者が、その代理権又は訴訟行為をするのに必要な授権があることを証明することができず、かつ、追認を得ることができなかった場合において、その訴訟行為によって生じた訴訟費用について準用する。 art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-2 If a person performing a procedural act as a legal representative or litigation representative has failed to prove that the person has the authority to act as a person's legal representative or delegation of powers necessary for performing a procedural act and has also failed to have the act ratified, the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the court costs arising from that procedural act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項（前項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-69/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-1 - art-69/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-1 - art-69/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第二項 (Article 69, paragraph (2)), art-69/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第二項（法定代理人等の費用償還） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第三項（法定代理人等の費用償還） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第七十条第一項（無権代理人の費用負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-70/par-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