# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2) - 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: 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2)（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — address `art-91-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2 - 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. --- ### 第九十一条の二（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — (Access to Electronic or Magnetic Case Records) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2 **第一項** 何人も、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電磁的訴訟記録（訴訟記録中この法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下同じ。）に備えられたファイル（次項及び第三項、次条並びに第百九条の三第一項第二号を除き、以下単に「ファイル」という。）に記録された事項（第百三十二条の七及び第百三十三条の二第五項において「ファイル記録事項」という。）に係る部分をいう。以下同じ。）の内容を最高裁判所規則で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧を請求することができる。 art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1 As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, any person may file a request with the court clerk to inspect something that, in the manner specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, has been made to show the content of an electronic or magnetic case record (meaning the part of a case record that constitutes information which has been recorded into a file stored on a computer (inclusive of its input and output devices; the same applies below) used by the court (these files are simply referred to below as the court's "computer files", except in Article 91-2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 91-3, and Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), pursuant to the provisions of this Code and other laws and regulations (the information is referred to as "information from the court's computer files" in Article 132-7 and Article 133-2, paragraph (5)); the same applies below). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, any person may file a request with the court clerk to inspect something that, in the manner specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, has been made to show the content of an electronic or magnetic case record (meaning the part of a case record that constitutes information which has been recorded into a file stored on a computer (inclusive of its input and output devices; the same applies below) used by the court (these files are simply referred to below as the court's "computer files", except in Article 91-2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 91-3, and Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), pursuant to the provisions of this Code and other laws and regulations (the information is referred to as "information from the court's computer files" in Article 132-7 and Article 133-2, paragraph (5)); the same applies below))." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb **第二項** 当事者及び利害関係を疎明した第三者は、裁判所書記官に対し、電磁的訴訟記録に記録されている事項について、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機と手続の相手方の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。以下同じ。）を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法による複写を請求することができる。 art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-2 As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the parties to a case or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with a court clerk to copy the information recorded in electronic or magnetic case records by using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court (meaning an electronic data processing system that connects a computer used by the court and the computer used by the other person involved in the procedure via a telecommunications line; the same applies below) to record the information in a file stored on a computer that the person is using, or by any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 当事者及び利害関係を疎明した第三者は、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電磁的訴訟記録に記録されている事項の全部若しくは一部を記載した書面であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該書面の内容が電磁的訴訟記録に記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したものを交付し、又は当該事項の全部若しくは一部を記録した電磁的記録であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該電磁的記録の内容が電磁的訴訟記録に記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したものを最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法により提供することを請求することができる。 art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-3 As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the parties to a case or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may request a court clerk to issue a paper document containing the whole or part of the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic case record, whose content the court clerk certifies, by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, to give information identical to what is recorded in the electronic or magnetic case record; or to provide an electronic or magnetic record containing the whole or part of the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic case record, whose content the court clerk certifies, by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, to give information identical to what is recorded in the electronic or magnetic case record, using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court to record it in a file stored on the computer that the party is using, or by any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第二項及び第五項の規定は、第一項及び第二項の規定による電磁的訴訟記録に係る閲覧及び複写の請求について準用する。 art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the request to inspect or copy electronic or magnetic case records under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-91-2/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第二項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (2)), art-91-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-2 - art-91-2/par-1: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第三項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (3)), art-91-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-3 - art-91-2/par-1: 次条 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の三 (Article 91-3), art-91-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-3 - art-91-2/par-1: 第百九条の三第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-109-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 - art-91-2/par-1: 第百三十二条の七 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の七 (Article 132-7), art-132-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-7 - art-91-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第五項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (5)), art-133-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-5 - art-91-2/par-4: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第二項 (Article 91, paragraph (2)), art-91/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-2 - art-91-2/par-4: 第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第五項 (Article 91, paragraph (5)), art-91/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-5 - art-91-2/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第一項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (1)), art-91-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1 - art-91-2/par-4: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第二項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (2)), art-91-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-2 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第四十五条第五項第二号（補助参加人の訴訟行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-45/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-45/par-5/item-2 - 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第一項（非電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第一項（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第四項（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の七第一項（事件の記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-7/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百六十一条第三項第三号（準備書面） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-161/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-161/par-3/item-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第三項第三号（準備書面の省略等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-276/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-276/par-3/item-3 - 破産法 第十三条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure (民事訴訟法), Article 91-2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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