# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十六条 (Article 116) - 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: 第百十六条 (Article 116)（判決の確定時期） — address `art-116` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116 - 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. --- ### 第百十六条（判決の確定時期） — (When a Judgment Becomes Final and Binding) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116 **第一項** 判決は、控訴若しくは上告（第三百二十七条第一項（第三百八十条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の上告を除く。）の提起、第三百十八条第一項の申立て又は第三百五十七条（第三百六十七条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三百七十八条第一項若しくは第三百八十一条の七第一項の規定による異議の申立てについて定めた期間の満了前には、確定しないものとする。 art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-1 A judgment does not become final and binding until the expiration of the time frame specified for filing of an appeal with the court of second instance or a final appeal (excluding a final appeal as referred to in Article 327, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 380, paragraph (2))), for filing of a petition as referred to in Article 318, paragraph (1), or for filing of an objection under the provisions of Article 357 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 367, paragraph (2)), Article 378, paragraph (1) or Article 381-7, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 判決の確定は、前項の期間内にした控訴の提起、同項の上告の提起又は同項の申立てにより、遮断される。 art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-2 A judgment is blocked from becoming final and binding by the filing of an appeal with the court of second instance, the filing of a final appeal as referred to in the preceding paragraph, or the filing of a petition or an objection as referred to in that paragraph, that is made within the time frame stated in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-116/par-1: 第三百二十七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十七条第一項 (Article 327, paragraph (1)), art-327/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-327/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-327/par-1 - art-116/par-1: 第三百八十条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十条第二項 (Article 380, paragraph (2)), art-380/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-380/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-380/par-2 - art-116/par-1: 第三百十八条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第一項 (Article 318, paragraph (1)), art-318/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 - art-116/par-1: 第三百五十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十七条 (Article 357), art-357 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-357 - art-116/par-1: 第三百六十七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十七条第二項 (Article 367, paragraph (2)), art-367/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/par-2 - art-116/par-1: 第三百七十八条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十八条第一項 (Article 378, paragraph (1)), art-378/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-378/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-378/par-1 - art-116/par-1: 第三百八十一条の七第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の七第一項 (Article 381-7, paragraph (1)), art-381-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-7/par-1 - art-116/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百十六条第二項（判決の確定時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-2 --- ## 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