# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十二条 (Article 112) - 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: 第百十二条 (Article 112)（公示送達の効力発生の時期） — address `art-112` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112 - 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. --- ### 第百十二条（公示送達の効力発生の時期） — (When Service by Publication Takes Effect) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112 **第一項** 公示送達は、前条の規定による措置を開始した日から二週間を経過することによって、その効力を生ずる。ただし、第百十条第三項の公示送達は、前条の規定による措置を開始した日の翌日にその効力を生ずる。 art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-1 Service by publication takes effect when two weeks have passed since the day on which the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced; provided, however, that service by publication as stated in Article 110, paragraph (3) takes effect on the day following the day on which the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外国においてすべき送達についてした公示送達にあっては、前項の期間は、六週間とする。 art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-2 The time frame referred to in the preceding paragraph is six weeks, for service by publication in the event of service that is required in a foreign country. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の期間は、短縮することができない。 art-112/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-3 The time frames referred to in the preceding two paragraphs may not be shortened. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-112/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111 - art-112/par-1: 第百十条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第三項 (Article 110, paragraph (3)), art-110/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-3 - art-112/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-1 - art-112/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-1 - art-112/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第二項 (Article 112, paragraph (2)), art-112/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十三条第一項（裁判書の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-883/par-1 - 民事執行法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-1 - 民事執行法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第二項（公示送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第三項（公示送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-3 - 破産法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/appdx-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/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