# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5081-46` - 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/suppl-5081-46 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5081-46 - 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. --- ## 附　則 令和八年六月二四日法律第四六号 suppl-5081-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、民法等の一部を改正する法律（令和八年法律第四十五号。以下「民法等改正法」という。）の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5081-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026; hereinafter referred to as the "Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act") comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 附則第五条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5081-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official ### 第二条（成年被後見人等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Adult Wards, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-2 **第一項** 民法等改正法附則第二条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する成年被後見人、成年後見人及び成年後見監督人並びに民法等改正法附則第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する被保佐人、保佐人及び保佐監督人については、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定（これらの規定を他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5081-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-2/par-1 With respect to an adult ward, a guardian of an adult, and a supervisor of a guardian of an adult prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act, for whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, and a person under curatorship, curator, and curatorship supervisor prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act, for whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (including cases where those provisions apply mutatis mutandis under other Acts). machine translation, not official ### 第四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び民法等改正法附則第二条第一項又は第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5081-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-4/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and acts committed after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) or Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-46/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-5 **第一項** 前三条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5081-46/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-5/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-46/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第五条 → 民事訴訟法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-5081-46/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/suppl-5081-46#suppl-5081-46/art-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20281223_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-010, translated 2026-10-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch code-of-civil-procedure-amendments-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording corrected on review, batch code-of-civil-procedure-amendments-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17