# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第七章 (Part 2, Chapter 7) - 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: 第七章 (Part 2, Chapter 7) — address `pt-2/ch-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/pt-2/ch-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/pt-2/ch-7 - 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. --- ## 第七章　大規模訴訟等に関する特則 — Chapter VII Special Provisions on Large-Scale Litigation heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/pt-2/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/pt-2/ch-7 ### 第二百六十八条（大規模訴訟に係る事件における受命裁判官による証人等の尋問） — (Examination of Witnesses by an Authorized Judge in a Case Involving Large-Scale Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-268 **第一項** 裁判所は、大規模訴訟（当事者が著しく多数で、かつ、尋問すべき証人又は当事者本人が著しく多数である訴訟をいう。）に係る事件について、当事者に異議がないときは、受命裁判官に裁判所内で証人又は当事者本人の尋問をさせることができる。 art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-268/par-1 In a case involving large-scale litigation (meaning litigation in which a significantly large number of parties are involved and a significantly large number of witnesses or parties themselves are to be examined), the court may have an authorized judge examine witnesses or the parties themselves inside the court, if no objection is made by the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十九条（大規模訴訟に係る事件における合議体の構成） — (Composition of the Panel in a Case Involving Large-Scale Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269 **第一項** 地方裁判所においては、前条に規定する事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。 art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-1 In district court, a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case prescribed in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、判事補は、同時に三人以上合議体に加わり、又は裁判長となることができない。 art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the panel may not contain three or more assistant judges at any one time, and no assistant judge may serve as presiding judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十九条の二（特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件における合議体の構成） — (Composition of the Panel for a Case in a Prescribed IP Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2 **第一項** 第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所においては、特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。ただし、第二十条の二第一項の規定により移送された訴訟に係る事件については、この限りでない。 art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-1 In the courts specified in each item of Article 6, paragraph (1), a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case in a prescribed IP action; provided, however, that this does not apply to a case involving litigation that has been transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第二項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。 art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-2 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-269/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十八条 (Article 268), art-268 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-268 - art-269/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条第一項 (Article 269, paragraph (1)), art-269/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-1 - art-269-2/par-1: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 - art-269-2/par-1: 第二十条の二第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-1 - art-269-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条第二項 (Article 269, paragraph (2)), art-269/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-2 - art-269-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条の二第一項 (Article 269-2, paragraph (1)), art-269-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/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