# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十三条 (Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十三条（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — (Exclusion from Application Due to Exclusive Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13 **第一項** 第四条第一項、第五条、第六条第二項、第六条の二、第七条及び前二条の規定は、訴えについて法令に専属管轄の定めがある場合には、適用しない。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1); Article 5; Article 6, paragraph (2); Article 6-2; Article 7; and the preceding two Articles do not apply if exclusive jurisdiction over an action is provided for by law or regulation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特許権等に関する訴えについて、第七条又は前二条の規定によれば第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所が管轄権を有すべき場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、第七条又は前二条の規定により、その裁判所は、管轄権を有する。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a court provided for in the first part of either of the items of Article 6, paragraph (1) is to have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 or the preceding two Articles over a prescribed IP action, that court has jurisdiction over the action, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 or the preceding two Articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 第四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-4/par-1 - art-13/par-1: 第五条 → 民事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-5 - art-13/par-1: 第六条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-2 - art-13/par-1: 第六条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第六条の二 (Article 6-2), art-6-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6-2 - art-13/par-1: 第七条 → 民事訴訟法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7 - art-13/par-1: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - art-13/par-1: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-12 - art-13/par-2: 第七条 → 民事訴訟法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7 - art-13/par-2: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - art-13/par-2: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-12 - art-13/par-2: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第二項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/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