# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4231-36/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4231-36/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4231-36/art-2
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4231-36/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4231-36/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4231-36/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の民事訴訟法の規定（第三条の七を除く。）は、この法律の施行の際現に係属している訴訟の日本の裁判所の管轄権及び管轄に関しては、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (excluding Article 3-7) do not apply to the jurisdiction and venue of the Japanese courts over an action that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第一条の規定による改正後の民事訴訟法第三条の七の規定は、この法律の施行前にした特定の国の裁判所に訴えを提起することができる旨の合意については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 3-7 of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1 do not apply to an agreement, made before this Act comes into effect, to the effect that an action may be filed with the courts of a specific country.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2: 民事訴訟法第三条の七 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七 (Article 3-7), art-3-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7

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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-20261017T235501-007, 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
