# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第五条 (Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Article 5)（裁判所の管轄） — address `art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（裁判所の管轄） — (Jurisdiction of the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5 **第一項** この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る事件は、次に掲げる裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1 The cases related to the procedures carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the following courts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者が合意により定めた地方裁判所 art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1/item-1 the district court determined by an agreement between the parties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 仲裁地（一の地方裁判所の管轄区域のみに属する地域を仲裁地として定めた場合に限る。）を管轄する地方裁判所 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 the district court which has jurisdiction over the place of arbitration (limited to the case where an area that belongs only to a jurisdictional district of a single district court is determined to be the place of arbitration); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該事件の被申立人の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 art-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1/item-3 the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the general venue of the respondent of the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、仲裁地が日本国内にあるときは、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る申立ては、東京地方裁判所及び大阪地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a petition on a proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act may be filed with the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court if the place of arbitration is in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の規定により二以上の裁判所が管轄権を有するときは、先に申立てがあった裁判所が管轄する。 art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-3 If two or more courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the court which first received a petition has jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、この法律の規定により裁判所が行う手続に係る事件の全部又は一部がその管轄に属しないと認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、これを管轄裁判所に移送しなければならない。 art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-4 If the court finds that the whole or part of the case related to the procedures carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act is not under its jurisdiction, it must transfer the whole or part of that case to the court with jurisdiction, upon petition or on its own initiative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第三項の規定により管轄する事件について、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、当該事件の全部又は一部を同項の規定により管轄権を有しないこととされた裁判所に移送することができる。 art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-5 If it finds it appropriate, the court that has jurisdiction over the case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) may transfer the whole or part of that case to the court that is not vested with jurisdiction over the case pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, upon petition or on its own initiative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-5/par-2: 前項 → 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-5/par-5: 第三項 → 仲裁法 第五条第三項 (Article 5, paragraph (3)), art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-3 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第五条第二項（裁判所の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-2 - 仲裁法 第五条第五項（裁判所の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-5 - 仲裁法 第八条第二項（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-2 - 仲裁法 第十二条第四項（書面によってする通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-12/par-4 - 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一号（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-35/par-3/item-1 - 仲裁法 第四十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-44/par-3 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第四項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第四項第一号（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4/item-1 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第五項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-5 - 仲裁法 第四十七条第四項（暫定保全措置命令の執行等認可決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-47/par-4 - 仲裁法 第四十七条第四項第一号（暫定保全措置命令の執行等認可決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-47/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-47/par-4/item-1 - 仲裁法 第四十七条第五項（暫定保全措置命令の執行等認可決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-47/par-5 - 仲裁法 第四十九条第三項（暫定保全措置命令に係る違反金支払命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-49/par-3 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-1 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/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