# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百六十条 (Article 160) - 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: 第百六十条 (Article 160)（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の作成等） — address `art-160` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160 - 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. --- ### 第百六十条（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の作成等） — (Preparation of Electronic Records of Oral Arguments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、口頭弁論について、期日ごとに、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子調書（期日又は期日外における手続の方式、内容及び経過等の記録及び公証をするためにこの法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所書記官が作成する電磁的記録をいう。以下同じ。）を作成しなければならない。 art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-1 For each court date for oral arguments, the court clerk must prepare an electronic record (meaning an electronic or magnetic record that a court clerk prepares pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any other laws and regulations for the purpose of recording or authenticating the form, content, progress, etc. of proceedings conducted on a court date or outside of a court date; the same applies below), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所書記官は、前項の規定により電子調書を作成したときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、これをファイルに記録しなければならない。 art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2 When a court clerk prepares an electronic record pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must record it in the court's computer files as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書の内容に当事者その他の関係人が異議を述べたときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、その異議があった旨を明らかにする措置を講じなければならない。 art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-3 If a party or any other person concerned raised any objection to the content of the electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, measures must be taken to make it clear that there has been an objection, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 口頭弁論の方式に関する規定の遵守は、第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書によってのみ証明することができる。ただし、当該電子調書が滅失したときは、この限りでない。 art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-4 Observance of provisions concerning the formalities of oral arguments may be proven only through the electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2); provided, however, that this does not apply in the event of the loss of the electronic record. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-160/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-1 - art-160/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2 - art-160/par-4: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第五号（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-5 - 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 第三十九条第一項第四号（強制執行の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-4 - 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 第百六十条第二項（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第三項（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第四項（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第百六十条の二第一項（口頭弁論に係る電子調書の更正） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十五条第一項（電子判決書等の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-255/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十四条第一項（口頭弁論調書に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-14/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十四条第二項（口頭弁論調書に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-14/par-2 - 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