# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百二十五条 (Article 125) - 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125) — address `art-125` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125 - 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. --- ### 第百二十五条 art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125 **第一項** 所有者不明土地管理命令（民法第二百六十四条の二第一項に規定する所有者不明土地管理命令をいう。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）が発せられたときは、当該所有者不明土地管理命令の対象とされた土地又は共有持分及び当該所有者不明土地管理命令の効力が及ぶ動産並びにその管理、処分その他の事由により所有者不明土地管理人（同条第四項に規定する所有者不明土地管理人をいう。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）が得た財産（以下この項及び次項において「所有者不明土地等」という。）に関する訴訟手続で当該所有者不明土地等の所有者（その共有持分を有する者を含む。同項において同じ。）を当事者とするものは、中断する。この場合においては、所有者不明土地管理人は、訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。 art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-1 If an administration order for unclaimed land is issued (meaning an administration order for unclaimed land as prescribed in Article 264-2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph), any litigation proceedings concerning the land or co-ownership interest subject to the administration order, movables covered by that order, or property that the administrator of the unclaimed land (meaning the administrator of unclaimed land as provided in paragraph (4) of that Article; the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) has obtained through the management or disposal of the land or movables or due to other such reasons ( collectively referred to below as "unclaimed land, movables, or property" in this paragraph and the following paragraph), which have the owner of the unclaimed land, movables, or property (including a person who holds a co-ownership interest in it; the same applies in that paragraph) as a party are subject to a continuance. In such a case, the administrator of the unclaimed land may be substituted as a party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所有者不明土地管理命令が取り消されたときは、所有者不明土地管理人を当事者とする所有者不明土地等に関する訴訟手続は、中断する。この場合においては、所有者不明土地等の所有者は、訴訟手続を受け継がなければならない。 art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-2 If an administration order for unclaimed land is set aside, any litigation proceedings concerning the unclaimed land, movables, or property that have the administrator of that unclaimed land as a party is subject to a continuance. In such a case, the owner of the unclaimed land, movables, or property must be substituted as a party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は所有者不明建物管理命令（民法第二百六十四条の八第一項に規定する所有者不明建物管理命令をいう。以下この項において同じ。）が発せられた場合について、前項の規定は所有者不明建物管理命令が取り消された場合について準用する。 art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis if an administration order for unclaimed buildings has been issued (meaning an administration order for unclaimed buildings as prescribed in Article 264-8, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; the same applies in this paragraph), and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an administration order for unclaimed buildings is set aside. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-125/par-1: 民法第二百六十四条の二第一項 → 民法 第二百六十四条の二第一項 (Article 264-2, paragraph (1)), art-264-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-1 - art-125/par-1: この項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-1 - art-125/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第二項 (Article 125, paragraph (2)), art-125/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-2 - art-125/par-1: 同条第四項 → 民法 第二百六十四条の二第四項 (Article 264-2, paragraph (4)), art-264-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-4 - art-125/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-1 - art-125/par-3: 民法第二百六十四条の八第一項 → 民法 第二百六十四条の八第一項 (Article 264-8, paragraph (1)), art-264-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-1 - art-125/par-3: この項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第三項 (Article 125, paragraph (3)), art-125/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-3 - art-125/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第二項 (Article 125, paragraph (2)), art-125/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-125/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-76/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-76/art-11/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