# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第三十五条 (Article 35) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35. 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35)（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — address `art-35` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十五条（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — (Examination of Evidence by the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35 **第一項** 仲裁廷又は当事者は、民事訴訟法の規定による調査の嘱託、証人尋問、鑑定、書証（当事者が文書を提出してするものを除く。）及び検証（当事者が検証の目的を提示してするものを除く。）であって仲裁廷が必要と認めるものにつき、裁判所に対し、その実施を求める申立てをすることができる。ただし、当事者間にこれらの全部又は一部についてその実施を求める申立てをしない旨の合意がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 An arbitral tribunal or party may petition the court to implement the commission of an investigation, examination of a witness, examination by an expert, examination of documentary evidence (excluding the examination which the parties conduct in the documents which they submit) and observation (excluding the observation in which the parties present the subject matter) provided for in the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and found necessary by the arbitral tribunal; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the parties have agreed not to petition the implementation of all or part of these procedures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者が前項の申立てをするには、仲裁廷の同意を得なければならない。 art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-2 In order to file a petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the party must obtain the consent of the arbitral tribunal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立てに係る事件は、第五条第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、次に掲げる裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2), the case subject to the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the following courts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五条第一項第二号に掲げる裁判所 art-35/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-1 the courts stated in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 尋問を受けるべき者若しくは文書を所持する者の住所若しくは居所又は検証の目的の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 art-35/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-2 the district court which has jurisdiction over the domicile or residence of the person to be examined or the person that possesses the document, or the location of the subject matter of the observation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 申立人又は被申立人の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所（前二号に掲げる裁判所がない場合に限る。） art-35/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-3 the district court which has jurisdiction over the general venue of the petitioner or respondent (limited to cases in which there is no court set forth in the preceding two items); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 東京地方裁判所及び大阪地方裁判所 art-35/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-4 the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てについての決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against the decision on the petition referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の申立てにより裁判所が当該証拠調べを実施するに当たり、仲裁人は、文書を閲読し、検証の目的を検証し、又は裁判長の許可を得て証人若しくは鑑定人（民事訴訟法第二百十三条に規定する鑑定人をいう。）に対して質問をすることができる。 art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-5 If the court implements the examination of evidence upon the petition referred to in paragraph (1), an arbitrator may inspect the document, verify the subject matter of the observation, or may ask the witness or expert (meaning the expert provided for in Article 213 of the Code of Civil Procedure) questions by obtaining the permission of the presiding judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判所書記官は、第一項の申立てにより裁判所が実施する証拠調べについて、調書を作成しなければならない。 art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-6 A court clerk must prepare records concerning the examination of evidence to be implemented by the court upon the petition referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A court clerk must prepare records concerning the examination of evidence to be implemented by the court upon the petition referred to paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb --- ## Cites - art-35/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 - art-35/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 - art-35/par-3: 第五条第一項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1 - art-35/par-3: 第二項 → 仲裁法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-2 - art-35/par-3/item-1: 第五条第一項第二号 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項第二号 (Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1/item-2 - art-35/par-3/item-3: 前二号 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第三項第一号 (Article 35, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-35/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-1 - art-35/par-3/item-3: 前二号 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第三項第二号 (Article 35, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-35/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-2 - art-35/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 - art-35/par-5: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 - art-35/par-5: 民事訴訟法第二百十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十三条 (Article 213), art-213 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-213 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-213 - art-35/par-6: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三十五条第二項（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-2 - 仲裁法 第三十五条第三項（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3 - 仲裁法 第三十五条第三項第三号（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-3 - 仲裁法 第三十五条第四項（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-4 - 仲裁法 第三十五条第五項（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-5 - 仲裁法 第三十五条第六項（裁判所により実施する証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-6 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第三項（仲裁手続に関して裁判所が行う手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-02 - 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 (仲裁法), Article 35, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), 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