# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第八十五条 (Article 85)

- 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: 第八十五条 (Article 85)（猶予された費用等の取立方法） — address `art-85`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-85
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### 第八十五条（猶予された費用等の取立方法） — (Manner of Collecting Expenses and Costs with a Grace Period)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-85</sup>

    **第一項**  訴訟上の救助の決定を受けた者に支払を猶予した費用は、これを負担することとされた相手方から直接に取り立てることができる。この場合において、弁護士又は執行官は、報酬又は手数料及び費用について、訴訟上の救助の決定を受けた者に代わり、第七十一条第一項、第七十二条又は第七十三条第一項の申立て及び強制執行をすることができる。
    <sup>art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-85/par-1</sup>
    Expenses and costs in respect of which a person in whose favor a ruling granting legal aid is issued is given a payment grace period may be collected directly from the adverse party that it has been decided will bear those expenses and costs. To do so, an attorney at law or a court enforcement officer, on behalf of the person in whose favor the ruling granting legal aid has been issued, may file a petition stated in Article 71, paragraph (1), Article 72 or Article 73, paragraph (1) or carry out judicial enforcement with regard to compensation or fees and expenses and costs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-85/par-1: 第七十一条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71/par-1
- art-85/par-1: 第七十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第七十二条 (Article 72), art-72 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-72
- art-85/par-1: 第七十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-73/par-1

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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