# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17) - 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: 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17)（訴えの取下げ等につき相手方の同意を擬制するための期間に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4081-109/art-17` - 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-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（訴えの取下げ等につき相手方の同意を擬制するための期間に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Period for Constructive Consent of the Opposing Party to Withdrawal of an Action, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4081-109/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、訴えの取下げ又は手形訴訟若しくは小切手訴訟の終局判決に対する異議の取下げ（以下この条において「訴えの取下げ等」という。）に相手方が同意したものとみなすための期間については、新法第二百六十一条第五項（新法において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1 In the following cases, with regard to the period for deeming that the adverse party has consented to the withdrawal of an action or the withdrawal of an objection to a final judgment in an action on a bill or note or an action on a check (referred to below in this Article as "withdrawal of an action, etc."), the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 261, paragraph (5) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis under the New Act): machine translation, not official **一** 訴えの取下げ等が書面でされた場合において、新法の施行前にその書面が相手方に送達されたとき。 suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-1 if the withdrawal of an action, etc. is made in writing and that document is served on the adverse party before the New Act comes into effect; machine translation, not official **二** 新法の施行前の相手方が出頭した口頭弁論の期日において訴えの取下げ等が口頭でされたとき。 suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-2 if the withdrawal of an action, etc. is made orally on a date for oral arguments, before the New Act comes into effect, on which the adverse party appeared; machine translation, not official **三** 訴えの取下げ等が口頭弁論の期日において口頭でされた場合（その期日に相手方が出頭した場合を除く。）において、新法の施行前にその期日の調書の謄本が相手方に送達されたとき。 suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1/item-3 if the withdrawal of an action, etc. is made orally on a date for oral arguments (excluding the case where the adverse party appeared on that date) and a transcript of the record for the court date is served on the adverse party before the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1: この条 → 民事訴訟法 附則第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17), suppl-4081-109/art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 附則第十七条第一項（訴えの取下げ等につき相手方の同意を擬制するための期間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-17/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第二十六条第一項（最高裁判所規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-26/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-002, 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