# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4081-109/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4081-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（以下「新法」という。）は、公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、附則第二十七条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4081-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act (referred to below as the "New Act") comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the day of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the day of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4081-109/art-1/par-1: 附則第二十七条 → 民事訴訟法 附則第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27), suppl-4081-109/art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-27

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17