# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百三十二条の十二 (Article 132-12) - 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: 第百三十二条の十二 (Article 132-12)（書面等による申立て等） — address `art-132-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12 - 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. --- ### 第百三十二条の十二（書面等による申立て等） — (Filing a Motion or Statement Using a Paper Document) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-132-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12 **第一項** 申立て等が書面等により行われたとき（前条第一項の規定に違反して行われたときを除く。）は、裁判所書記官は、当該書面等に記載された事項（次の各号に掲げる場合における当該各号に定める事項を除く。）をファイルに記録しなければならない。ただし、当該事項をファイルに記録することにつき困難な事情があるときは、この限りでない。 art-132-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1 When a person files a motion or statement using a paper document (unless it is filed in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article), the court clerk must record the information given in that paper document (excluding the information specified in the following items for the cases stated in those items) in the court's computer files; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are circumstances that make it difficult to record that information in the court's computer files: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該申立て等に係る書面等について、当該申立て等とともに第九十二条第一項の申立て（同項第二号に掲げる事由があることを理由とするものに限る。）がされた場合において、当該書面等に記載された営業秘密がその訴訟の追行の目的以外の目的で使用され、又は当該営業秘密が開示されることにより、当該営業秘密に基づく当事者の事業活動に支障を生ずるおそれがあり、これを防止するため裁判所が特に必要があると認めるとき（当該同項の申立てが却下されたとき又は当該同項の申立てに係る決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。）　当該書面等に記載された営業秘密 art-132-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1/item-1 if a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) (limited to one filed because the grounds stated in item (ii) of that paragraph exist) concerning the paper document used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document; and if the use of a trade secret detailed in that paper document for purposes other than conducting the suit, or the disclosure of that trade secret, would likely interfere with the party's business activities that are based on the trade secret, and the court finds it to be particularly necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files in order to prevent this (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the trade secret detailed in that paper document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 書面等により第百三十三条第二項の規定による届出があった場合　当該書面等に記載された事項 art-132-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1/item-2 if a notification under the provisions of Article 133, paragraph (2) is submitted using a paper document:the information detailed in that paper document; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該申立て等に係る書面等について、当該申立て等とともに第百三十三条の二第二項の申立てがされた場合において、裁判所が必要があると認めるとき（当該同項の申立てが却下されたとき又は当該同項の申立てに係る決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときを除く。）　当該書面等に記載された同項に規定する秘匿事項記載部分 art-132-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1/item-3 if a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document that has been used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document, and the court finds it to be necessary to exclude the relevant information from its computer files (unless the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding):the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph which is detailed in that paper document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によりその記載された事項がファイルに記録された書面等による申立て等に係る送達は、当該申立て等に係る法令の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項に係る電磁的記録の送達をもって代えることができる。 art-132-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question, service of an electronic or magnetic record giving the information recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph may be substituted for the service of a motion or statement that has been filed using a paper document detailing information that has been recorded into the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の方法により行われた申立て等に係る送達については、当該申立て等に関する法令の規定に規定する送達の方法により行われたものとみなして、当該送達に関する法令その他の当該申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。 art-132-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-3 Service of a motion or statement that has been effected by the means referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been effected by the means of service prescribed in the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question, and the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the service in question and of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement in question apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-132-12/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第一項 (Article 132-11, paragraph (1)), art-132-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-1 - art-132-12/par-1/item-1: 第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1 - art-132-12/par-1/item-1: 同項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項第二号 (Article 92, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-92/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1/item-2 - art-132-12/par-1/item-2: 第百三十三条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第二項 (Article 133, paragraph (2)), art-133/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-2 - art-132-12/par-1/item-3: 第百三十三条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第二項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (2)), art-133-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-2 - art-132-12/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第一項 (Article 132-12, paragraph (1)), art-132-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1 - art-132-12/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第二項 (Article 132-12, paragraph (2)), art-132-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 附則第八条第二項（特例執行文付与申立事件に関する書面等による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-8/par-2 - 民事執行法 附則第九条第二項（書面等に記録された事項のファイルへの記録等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-9/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第二項（書面等による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第三項（書面等による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三第一項（書面等に記録された事項のファイルへの記録等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/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