# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百二条の二 (Article 102-2)

- 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: 第百二条の二 (Article 102-2)（交付送達の原則） — address `art-102-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-102-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-102-2
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### 第百二条の二（交付送達の原則） — (Principle of Personal Service)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-102-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-102-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-102-2</sup>

      **第一項**  書類の送達は、特別の定めがある場合を除き、送達を受けるべき者に送達すべき書類を交付してする。
      <sup>art-102-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-102-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-102-2/par-1</sup>
      Except as otherwise provided, the service of documents is effected through the delivery of the document with which a person is to be served, to the person on whom it is to be served.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第四十三条第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/premiums-and-representations-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000134/art-43/par-1
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十条第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-150/par-1
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十二条第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-162/par-1
- 特定商取引に関する法律 第六十六条の四第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-66-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-66-4/par-1
- 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第三十二条第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-32/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
