# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（担保不提供の効果） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（担保不提供の効果） — (Result of Failure to Provide Security) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-78 **第一項** 原告が担保を立てるべき期間内にこれを立てないときは、裁判所は、口頭弁論を経ないで、判決で、訴えを却下することができる。ただし、判決前に担保を立てたときは、この限りでない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-78/par-1 If a plaintiff fails to provide security within the time frame during which it is required to be provided, the court may enter a judgment denying the action, without hearing oral arguments; provided, however, that this does not apply if the plaintiff provides security before that a judgment is entered. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百二十四条第四項（会社の解散命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-824/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-824/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第八十一条第一項（他の法令による担保への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-81/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