# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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
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- Provision: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（少額訴訟に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-108/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（少額訴訟に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Small Claims Actions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-108/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に少額訴訟による審理及び裁判を求める旨の申述があった事件については、第一条の規定による改正後の民事訴訟法第三百六十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-108/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-4/par-1</sup>
In respect of a case in which a statement indicating that a trial and judicial decision are sought through a small claims action was made before this Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 368, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-108/art-4/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三百六十八条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十八条第一項 (Article 368, paragraph (1)), art-368/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-368/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-368/par-1

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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-20261017T235501-004, 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-20261017T235501-005, 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