# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百五十一条 (Article 151) - 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: 第百五十一条 (Article 151)（釈明処分） — address `art-151` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151 - 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. --- ### 第百五十一条（釈明処分） — (Order for Clarification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-151 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151 **第一項** 裁判所は、訴訟関係を明瞭にするため、次に掲げる処分をすることができる。 art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1 In order to clarify a matter related to litigation, the court may reach any of the following dispositions: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者本人又はその法定代理人に対し、口頭弁論の期日に出頭することを命ずること。 art-151/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-1 ordering one of the parties themselves or their legal representative to appear on a date for oral arguments; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 口頭弁論の期日において、当事者のため事務を処理し、又は補助する者で裁判所が相当と認めるものに陳述をさせること。 art-151/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-2 requesting a person that the court considers to be appropriate, and who handles a party's business affairs or acts as a party's assistant, to enter a statement on a date for oral arguments; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 訴訟書類若しくは訴訟において引用した文書その他の物件で当事者の所持するもの又は訴訟においてその記録された情報の内容を引用した電磁的記録で当事者が利用する権限を有するものを提出させること。 art-151/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-3 requesting the submission of a litigation document, document quoted from during litigation, or other such object that is in a party's possession; or requesting the submission of an electronic or magnetic record that contains information quoted during litigation and that a party is authorized to use; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当事者又は第三者の提出した文書その他の物件を裁判所に留め置くこと。 art-151/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-4 retaining a document or other object submitted by a party or a third party at the court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 検証をし、又は鑑定を命ずること。 art-151/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-5 inspecting evidence or ordering expert testimony; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 調査を嘱託すること。 art-151/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1/item-6 commissioning an investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による電磁的記録の提出は、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体を提出する方法又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する方法により行う。 art-151/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-2 As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, a person must submit an electronic or magnetic record under the provisions of the preceding paragraph by submitting a recording medium that contains the electronic or magnetic record or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により提出された文書及び前項の規定により提出された電磁的記録については、第百三十二条の十三の規定は、適用しない。 art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-3 The provisions of Article 132-13 do not apply to a document submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to an electronic or magnetic record submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項に規定する検証、鑑定及び調査の嘱託については、証拠調べに関する規定を準用する。 art-151/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-4 Provisions on the examination of evidence apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection of evidence, expert testimony, and the commissioning of investigations under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-151/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1 - art-151/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1 - art-151/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第二項 (Article 151, paragraph (2)), art-151/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-2 - art-151/par-3: 第百三十二条の十三 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三 (Article 132-13), art-132-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13 - art-151/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/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 第百五十一条第二項（釈明処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第三項（釈明処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第四項（釈明処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百七十条第五項（弁論準備手続における訴訟行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-170/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-170/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十三条第一項（釈明処分による電磁的記録の提出に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-13/par-1 - 破産法 第十三条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1 - 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