# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第一章 (Part 8, Chapter 1) - 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: 第一章 (Part 8, Chapter 1) — address `pt-8/ch-1` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/pt-8/ch-1 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-8/ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1 ### 第三百八十二条（支払督促の要件） — (Requirements for Demanding Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-382 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-382 **第一項** 金銭その他の代替物又は有価証券の一定の数量の給付を目的とする請求については、裁判所書記官は、債権者の申立てにより、支払督促を発することができる。ただし、日本において公示送達によらないでこれを送達することができる場合に限る。 art-382/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-382/par-1 At the application of the creditor, the court clerk may issue a demand for the payment of a claim whose object is the payment or delivery of a fixed amount of money, other fungible, or securities; provided, however, that this applies only if it is possible to serve the demand in Japan without recourse to service by publication. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十三条（支払督促の申立て） — (Application for a Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-383 **第一項** 支払督促の申立ては、債務者の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してする。 art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-383/par-1 An application for a demand for payment is filed with the court clerk of the summary court of jurisdiction in the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the debtor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる請求についての支払督促の申立ては、それぞれ当該各号に定める地を管轄する簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してもすることができる。 art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-383/par-2 An application for a demand for the payment of the claim stated in each of the following items may also be filed with the court clerk of the summary court of jurisdiction in the place stated in that item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 事務所又は営業所を有する者に対する請求でその事務所又は営業所における業務に関するもの　当該事務所又は営業所の所在地 art-383/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-383/par-2/item-1 a claim against a person with an office or a business office, which is filed in connection with the business conducted at the person's office or business office:the location of that office or business office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 手形又は小切手による金銭の支払の請求及びこれに附帯する請求　手形又は小切手の支払地 art-383/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-383/par-2/item-2 a claim for the payment of monies based on a bill, note, or check, and any incidental claims:the place for payment of the bill or note or for the check. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十四条（訴えに関する規定の準用） — (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions on Actions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-384 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-384 **第一項** 支払督促の申立てには、その性質に反しない限り、訴えに関する規定を準用する。 art-384/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-384/par-1 Unless contrary to their nature, provisions on actions apply mutatis mutandis to an application for a demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十五条（申立ての却下） — (Denial of an Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-385 **第一項** 支払督促の申立てが第三百八十二条若しくは第三百八十三条の規定に違反するとき、又は申立ての趣旨から請求に理由がないことが明らかなときは、その申立てを却下しなければならない。請求の一部につき支払督促を発することができない場合におけるその一部についても、同様とする。 art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-385/par-1 If an application for a demand for payment is not in accordance with the provisions of Article 382 or Article 383 or if it is obvious, from the object of the application, that the claim is without grounds, the application must be denied. The same applies to any part of a claim for which it is not permissible to issue a demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-385/par-2 The disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph comes into effect by notice being given by a means that is considered appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の処分に対する異議の申立ては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内にしなければならない。 art-385/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-385/par-3 Any objection to the disposition referred to in the preceding paragraph must be lodged within an inalterable time frame of one week from the day on which the notice is received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立てについての裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-385/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-385/par-4 It is not permissible to enter a protest against a judicial decision on an objection as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十六条（支払督促の発付等） — (Issuance of a Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-386 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-386 **第一項** 支払督促は、債務者を審尋しないで発する。 art-386/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-386/par-1 A demand for payment is issued without the debtor being heard. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務者は、支払督促に対し、これを発した裁判所書記官の所属する簡易裁判所に督促異議の申立てをすることができる。 art-386/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-386/par-2 A debtor may lodge an objection to a demand for payment with the summary court to which the court clerk that issues the demand belongs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十七条（電子支払督促の記録事項） — Particulars That Must Be Recorded in an Electronic Demand for Payment caption: machine translation, not official art-387 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、支払督促を発するときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子支払督促（次に掲げる事項を記録し、かつ、債務者がその送達を受けた日から二週間以内に督促異議の申立てをしないときは債権者の申立てにより仮執行の宣言をする旨を併せて記録した電磁的記録をいう。以下この章において同じ。）を作成しなければならない。 art-387/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387/par-1 When issuing a demand for payment, the court clerk must create an electronic demand for payment (meaning an electronic or magnetic record containing the following and including a supplementary note indicating that if the debtor does not lodge an objection to the demand within two weeks after the day on which the debtor is served with the demand for payment, a declaration of provisional enforceability will be issued at the petition of the creditor; the same applies in this Chapter) as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三百八十二条の給付を命ずる旨 art-387/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387/par-1/item-1 an indication that the debtor is being ordered to make a payment or delivery as referred to in Article 382; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 請求の趣旨及び原因 art-387/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387/par-1/item-2 the prayer for relief and a statement of the claim; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当事者及び法定代理人 art-387/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387/par-1/item-3 the parties and legal representatives. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所書記官は、前項の規定により電子支払督促を作成したときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、これをファイルに記録しなければならない。 art-387/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-387/par-2 When a court clerk has created an electronic demand for payment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must record it in the court's computer files as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十八条（電子支払督促の送達） — (Service of Electronic Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-388 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-388 **第一項** 電子支払督促（前条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。以下この章において同じ。）は、債務者に送達しなければならない。 art-388/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-388/par-1 An electronic demand for payment (limited to one recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; the same applies in this Chapter) must be served on the debtor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 支払督促の効力は、債務者に送達された時に生ずる。 art-388/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-388/par-2 A demand for payment becomes valid at the time it is served on the debtor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 債権者が申し出た場所に債務者の住所、居所、営業所若しくは事務所又は就業場所がないため、電子支払督促を送達することができないときは、裁判所書記官は、その旨を債権者に通知しなければならない。この場合において、債権者が通知を受けた日から二月の不変期間内にその申出に係る場所以外の送達をすべき場所の申出をしないときは、支払督促の申立てを取り下げたものとみなす。 art-388/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-388/par-3 If it is not possible to serve an electronic demand for payment because the debtor's domicile, residence, business office or other office, or workplace is not located at the place the creditor has expressed, the court clerk must notify the creditor of this. In such a case, if the creditor does not propose a place for service to be effected other than the place previously proposed within an inalterable time frame of two weeks from the day on which the creditor receives that notice, the creditor is deemed to have withdrawn the application for the demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百八十九条（支払督促の更正） — (Correction of a Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-389 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-389 **第一項** 第七十四条第一項及び第二項の規定は、支払督促について準用する。 art-389/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-389/par-1 The provisions of Article 74, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 仮執行の宣言後に適法な督促異議の申立てがあったときは、前項において準用する第七十四条第一項の規定による更正の処分に対する異議の申立ては、することができない。 art-389/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-389/par-2 If a lawful objection to a demand for payment is lodged after a declaration of provisional enforceability, it is not permissible to lodge an objection to a corrective action under the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十条（仮執行の宣言前の督促異議） — (Objection to a Demand Prior to a Declaration of Provisional Enforceability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-390 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-390 **第一項** 仮執行の宣言前に適法な督促異議の申立てがあったときは、支払督促は、その督促異議の限度で効力を失う。 art-390/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-390/par-1 If a lawful objection to a demand for payment is lodged prior to a declaration of provisional enforceability, the demand for payment ceases to be valid, to the extent of the objection to the demand. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十一条（仮執行の宣言） — (Declaration of Provisional Enforceability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-391 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391 **第一項** 債務者が電子支払督促の送達を受けた日から二週間以内に督促異議の申立てをしないときは、裁判所書記官は、債権者の申立てにより、電子支払督促に手続の費用額を併せて記録して仮執行の宣言をしなければならない。ただし、その宣言前に督促異議の申立てがあったときは、この限りでない。 art-391/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391/par-1 If a debtor does not lodge an objection to an electronic demand for payment within two weeks from the day on which the debtor is served with that electronic demand for payment, the court clerk, at the petition of the creditor, must issue a declaration of provisional enforceability, attaching a supplementary note of the amount of expenses for demand procedures to the electronic demand for payment; provided, however, that this does not apply if an objection to the demand is lodged prior to that declaration. machine translation, not official **第二項** 仮執行の宣言は、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子支払督促に記録し、これを当事者に送達しなければならない。ただし、債権者の同意があるときは、当該債権者に対しては、当該記録をした電子支払督促に記録された事項を出力することにより作成した書面を送付することをもって、送達に代えることができる。 art-391/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391/par-2 Any declaration of provisional enforceability must be recorded in an electronic demand for payment, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, and the demand for payment must be served on the parties; provided, however, that with the consent of the creditor, a paper document prepared by outputting the information contained in the electronic demand for payment in which a declaration of provisional enforceability has been recorded may be sent to the creditor, in lieu of service. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三百八十五条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の申立てを却下する処分及びこれに対する異議の申立てについて準用する。 art-391/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391/par-3 The provisions of Article 385, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to a disposition denying, a petition as referred to in paragraph (1) and to the lodging of an objection against such a disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-391/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on an objection as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二百六十条及び第三百八十八条第二項の規定は、第一項の仮執行の宣言について準用する。 art-391/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-391/par-5 The provisions of Article 260 and Article 388, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a declaration of provisional enforceability as referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十二条（期間の徒過による支払督促の失効） — (Loss of Validity of a Demand for Payment upon the Expiration of a Time Frame) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-392 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-392 **第一項** 債権者が仮執行の宣言の申立てをすることができる時から三十日以内にその申立てをしないときは、支払督促は、その効力を失う。 art-392/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-392/par-1 If a creditor does not file a petition for a declaration of provisional enforceability within 30 days from the time at which it becomes permissible for the creditor to file that petition, the demand for payment ceases to be valid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十三条（仮執行の宣言後の督促異議） — (Objection to a Demand After a Declaration of Provisional Enforceability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-393 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-393 **第一項** 仮執行の宣言を付した電子支払督促の送達を受けた日から二週間の不変期間を経過したときは、債務者は、その支払督促に対し、督促異議の申立てをすることができない。 art-393/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-393/par-1 Once an inalterable time frame of two weeks has passed following the day on which the debtor is served with an electronic demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, the debtor may not lodge an objection to that demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十四条（督促異議の却下） — (Denial of an Objection to a Demand) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-394 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-394 **第一項** 簡易裁判所は、督促異議を不適法であると認めるときは、督促異議に係る請求が地方裁判所の管轄に属する場合においても、決定で、その督促異議を却下しなければならない。 art-394/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-394/par-1 If the summary court finds that an objection to a demand is not in accordance with the law, it must rule to deny that objection, even if the claim that the objection concerns is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-394/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-394/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十五条（督促異議の申立てによる訴訟への移行） — (Transfer to Litigation Based on an Objection to a Demand) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-395 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-395 **第一項** 適法な督促異議の申立てがあったときは、督促異議に係る請求については、その目的の価額に従い、支払督促の申立ての時に、支払督促を発した裁判所書記官の所属する簡易裁判所又はその所在地を管轄する地方裁判所に訴えの提起があったものとみなす。この場合においては、督促手続の費用は、訴訟費用の一部とする。 art-395/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-395/par-1 If a lawful objection to a demand is lodged, an action is deemed to have been filed regarding the claim that the objection concerns, at the time that the application for the demand for payment was filed, with the summary court to which the court clerk issuing the demand for payment belongs or with the district court of jurisdiction for that locality, depending on the value of the subject matter of the claim. In such a case, expenses for the demand procedures constitute part of the court costs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百九十六条（支払督促の効力） — (Validity of a Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-396 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-396 **第一項** 仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に対し督促異議の申立てがないとき、又は督促異議の申立てを却下する決定が確定したときは、支払督促は、確定判決と同一の効力を有する。 art-396/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8/ch-1#art-396/par-1 If no objection is lodged to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or when a ruling denying an objection to a demand becomes final and binding, the demand for payment has the same effect as a final and binding judgment. 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