# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第九条の四 (Article 9-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4. 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: 第九条の四 (Article 9-4)（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — address `art-9-4` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4 - 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). 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Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Among the petitions or other statements related to a proceeding carried out by a court pursuant to the provisions of this Act (hereinafter referred to as a "petition or statement"), those which are to be filed with the court as designated by the Supreme Court (including those to be filed to that court's presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge, or court clerk) by means of paper documents or other prescribed items (meaning a paper document, a transcript, extract, authenticated copy, or duplicate of a document, a duplicate of a bill or note, or any other paper or other tangible object into which information that can be perceived with the human senses, such as characters and shapes, has been entered; hereinafter the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations concerning a petition or statement may be filed by means of electronic data processing systems (meaning electronic data processing systems that connect a computer (including its input and output devices; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (3)) used by the court and the computer used by the person filing the petition or statement over telecommunication lines) as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the provisions of the laws and regulations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb **第二項** 前項の規定によりされた申立て等については、当該申立て等を書面等をもってするものとして規定した申立て等に関する法令の規定に規定する書面等をもってされたものとみなして、当該申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。 art-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-2 The petition or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been filed by means of a paper document or other prescribed item as prescribed in the provisions of the laws and regulations concerning a petition or statement that provide that the petition or statement in question is to be filed by means of a paper document or other prescribed item, and the provisions of the laws and regulations concerning a petition or statement apply to the petition or statement in question. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等は、同項の裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録がされた時に、当該裁判所に到達したものとみなす。 art-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-3 The petition or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed to have arrived at the court when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by a court as referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の場合において、当該申立て等に関する他の法令の規定により署名等（署名、記名、押印その他氏名又は名称を書面等に記載することをいう。以下この項において同じ。）をすることとされているものについては、当該申立て等をする者は、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、当該署名等に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、氏名又は名称を明らかにする措置を講じなければならない。 art-9-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws and regulations concerning a petition or statement, in the case of paragraph (1), in order to file the petition or statement that is to bear a signature or other identifying information (meaning the relevant person's signature, name, seal, or other expressions of the relevant person's name or trade name in paper documents or other prescribed items; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations concerning the petition or statement, a person filing the petition or statement must take measures to clarify their name or trade name, in lieu of affixing the signature or other identifying information, as provided for by the rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等が第三項に規定するファイルに記録されたときは、第一項の裁判所は、当該ファイルに記録された情報の内容を書面に出力しなければならない。 art-9-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-5 When a petition or statement filed pursuant to paragraph (1) has been recorded in the file prescribed in paragraph (3), the court referred to in paragraph (1) must output the contents of the data recorded in the file in the form of paper documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等に係るこの法律その他の法令の規定による事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写又はその正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付は、前項の書面をもってするものとする。当該申立て等に係る書類の送達又は送付も、同様とする。 art-9-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-6 In order to inspect or copy a case record or have an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of a case record issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws or regulations in relation to a petition or statement that is filed pursuant to paragraph (1), the paper documents referred to in the preceding paragraph are to be used. The same applies to service or delivery of a document in connection with the petition or statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9-4/par-1: この条 → 仲裁法 第九条の四 (Article 9-4), art-9-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4 - art-9-4/par-1: 次項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第二項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (2)), art-9-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-2 - art-9-4/par-1: 第四項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第四項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (4)), art-9-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-4 - art-9-4/par-1: この項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-1: 第三項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第三項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (3)), art-9-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-3 - art-9-4/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-4: この項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第四項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (4)), art-9-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-4 - art-9-4/par-5: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-5: 第三項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第三項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (3)), art-9-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-3 - art-9-4/par-6: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第一項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (1)), art-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-1 - art-9-4/par-6: 前項 → 仲裁法 第九条の四第五項 (Article 9-4, paragraph (5)), art-9-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-9-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-9-4/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. 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