# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22)

- 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: 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22)（少額訴訟の判決の言渡し等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-22
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### 第二十二条（少額訴訟の判決の言渡し等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Rendition of Judgment in a Small Claims Action, Etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-22</sup>

**第一項**  第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百七十四条第二項及び第三百七十八条第一項の規定は、施行日以後に提起される少額訴訟の判決の言渡し及び終局判決に対する異議申立てについて適用し、施行日前に提起された少額訴訟の判決の言渡し及び終局判決に対する異議申立てについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-22/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 374, paragraph (2) and Article 378, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the rendition of judgment in a small claims action that is filed on or after the Effective Date and to the filing of an objection against the final judgment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the rendition of judgment in a small claims action that was filed before the Effective Date and the filing of an objection against the final judgment.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-48/art-22/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百七十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十四条第二項 (Article 374, paragraph (2)), art-374/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-374/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-374/par-2
- suppl-5041-48/art-22/par-1: 第三百七十八条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十八条第一項 (Article 378, paragraph (1)), art-378/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-378/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-378/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-20261017T235501-009, 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
