# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三条 (Article 103) - 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: 第百三条 (Article 103)（送達場所） — address `art-103` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三条（送達場所） — (Place for Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103 **第一項** 書類の送達は、送達を受けるべき者の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所（以下この款において「住所等」という。）においてする。ただし、法定代理人に対する書類の送達は、本人の営業所又は事務所においてもすることができる。 art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-1 Service of documents is effected at the domicile, residence, place of business, or business office of the person being served (referred to below as the person's "address" in this Subsection); provided, however, that the service of documents on a legal representative may also be made at the place of business or business office of the principal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に定める場所が知れないとき、又はその場所において送達をするのに支障があるときは、書類の送達は、送達を受けるべき者が雇用、委任その他の法律上の行為に基づき就業する他人の住所等（以下「就業場所」という。）においてすることができる。送達を受けるべき者（次条第一項に規定する者を除く。）が就業場所において書類の送達を受ける旨の申述をしたときも、同様とする。 art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-2 If the place specified in the preceding paragraph is unknown or there is an obstacle to effecting service at that place, service of documents may be effected at another person's address, where the person who is to be served works based on employment, entrustment, or any other legal act (referred to below as their "workplace"). The same applies if the person who is to be served (except one prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article) has entered a statement indicating a willingness to be served with documents at the workplace. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-103/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-1 - art-103/par-2: 次条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-1 ## Cited by 12 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 - 民事訴訟法 第百三条第二項（送達場所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四条第二項（送達場所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項（送達場所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項第一号（送達場所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百五条第一項（出会送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-105/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百六条第二項（補充送達及び差置送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-106/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第一号（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1/item-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 --- ## 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