# 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)（送達報告書に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/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-5041-48/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-7
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### 第七条（送達報告書に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Return of Service
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百条第二項の規定は、第二条改正後事件における送達報告書の提出について、適用する。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the submission of a return of service in cases after the Article 2 amendment.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-48/art-7/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-100/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-20261017T235501-008, 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