# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（送達に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4081-109/art-7` - 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-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-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. 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. --- ### 第七条（送達に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Service caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4081-109/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-7 **第一項** 新法の施行前に裁判所書記官が書類の送達のために郵便を差し出し、又は執行官にその送達の事務を取り扱わせることとした場合には、当該送達については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-1 If, before the New Act comes into effect, a court clerk has sent mail for the service of documents, or has decided to have a court enforcement officer handle the work of that service, the provisions then in force continue to govern that service. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新法第百四条第三項の規定は、新法の施行後最初にする送達については、適用しない。 suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-2 The provisions of Article 104, paragraph (3) of the New Act do not apply to the first service effected after the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新法の施行前にした申立てに係る公示送達については、新法第百十条第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-3 With regard to service by publication based on a petition filed before the New Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第四項** 新法第百十三条の規定は、新法の施行前に掲示を始めた公示送達については、適用しない。 suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-7/par-4 The provisions of Article 113 of the New Act do not apply to service by publication for which the posting began before the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - 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