# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（受継についての裁判に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-9`
- 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-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-9
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### 第九条（受継についての裁判に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Judicial Decisions on Substitution
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百二十八条第二項の規定は、第二条改正後事件における訴訟手続の受継についての裁判について適用し、第二条改正前事件における訴訟手続の受継についての裁判については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-9/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 128, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to a judicial decision on substitution in litigation proceedings in cases after the Article 2 amendment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a judicial decision on substitution in litigation proceedings in cases before the Article 2 amendment.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-48/art-9/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百二十八条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十八条第二項 (Article 128, paragraph (2)), art-128/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-128/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-128/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
