# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第十四条 (Article 14) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 仲裁法 (Arbitration Act), 平成十五年法律第百三十八号 - English title "Arbitration Act": 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（仲裁合意と本案訴訟） — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十四条（仲裁合意と本案訴訟） — (Arbitration Agreement and Suit on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14 **第一項** 仲裁合意の対象となる民事上の紛争について訴えが提起されたときは、受訴裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、訴えを却下しなければならない。ただし、次に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-1 If an action is filed for a civil dispute which is subject to an arbitration agreement, the court in charge of the case must dismiss the action without prejudice upon the petition of the defendant; provided, however, that this does not apply to the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 仲裁合意が無効、取消しその他の事由により効力を有しないとき。 art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-1/item-1 if the arbitration agreement is not valid due to nullity or rescission or for any other reasons; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 仲裁合意に基づく仲裁手続を行うことができないとき。 art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-1/item-2 if it is impossible to carry out an arbitration procedure based on an arbitration agreement; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該申立てが、本案について、被告が弁論をし、又は弁論準備手続において申述をした後にされたものであるとき。 art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-1/item-3 if the petition was filed after the defendant presented oral arguments concerning the merits or made statements concerning the merits in preparatory proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 仲裁廷は、前項の訴えに係る訴訟が裁判所に係属する間においても、仲裁手続を開始し、又は続行し、かつ、仲裁判断をすることができる。 art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-2 Even while a suit related to the action referred to in the preceding paragraph is pending in the court, an arbitral tribunal may commence or continue the arbitration procedure and make an arbitral award. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-14/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三条第二項（適用範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-3/par-2 - 仲裁法 第十四条第二項（仲裁合意と本案訴訟） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-14/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 仲裁法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01