# 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
- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（電磁的記録による管轄の合意等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-152/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-4
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### 第四条（電磁的記録による管轄の合意等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Agreement on Jurisdiction by Electronic or Magnetic Record, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の民事訴訟法（以下「新民事訴訟法」という。）第十一条第三項（新民事訴訟法第二百八十一条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前にされた管轄裁判所を定める合意及び上告をする権利を留保した控訴をしない旨の合意については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to below as the "New Code of Civil Procedure") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 281, paragraph (2) of the New Code of Civil Procedure) do not apply to an agreement establishing the court of jurisdiction and an agreement not to file an appeal to the court of second instance while reserving the right to file a final appeal that were made before this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1: 第十一条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-3
- suppl-4161-152/art-4/par-1: 新民事訴訟法第二百八十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十一条第二項 (Article 281, paragraph (2)), art-281/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-2

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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-20261017T235501-005, translated 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-006, 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
