# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九十九条 (Article 99)

- 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: 第九十九条 (Article 99)（訴訟無能力者等に対する送達） — address `art-99`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-99
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-99
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### 第九十九条（訴訟無能力者等に対する送達） — (Service of a Person Without the Capacity to Sue or Be Sued)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-99</sup>

      **第一項**  訴訟無能力者に対する送達は、その法定代理人にする。
      <sup>art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-99/par-1</sup>
      Service that would otherwise be effected on a person without the capacity to sue or be sued is effected on that person's legal representative.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  数人が共同して代理権を行うべき場合には、送達は、その一人にすれば足りる。
      <sup>art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-99/par-2</sup>
      If multiple persons jointly hold the authority to act as a person's legal representative, it is sufficient to serve one of them.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  刑事施設に収容されている者に対する送達は、刑事施設の長にする。
      <sup>art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-99/par-3</sup>
      Service that would otherwise be effected on a person who is in a penal institution is effected on the head of the penal institution.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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