# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百六十二条 (Article 162) - 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: 第百六十二条 (Article 162)（準備書面等の提出期間） — address `art-162` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162 - 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. --- ### 第百六十二条（準備書面等の提出期間） — (Time Frame for Submission of Briefs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162 **第一項** 裁判長は、答弁書若しくは特定の事項に関する主張を記載した準備書面の提出又は特定の事項に関する証拠の申出をすべき期間を定めることができる。 art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162/par-1 The presiding judge may specify a time frame for submitting a written answer or a brief detailing an allegation with regard to a specific matter or for offering evidence of a specific matter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により定めた期間の経過後に準備書面の提出又は証拠の申出をする当事者は、裁判所に対し、その期間を遵守することができなかった理由を説明しなければならない。 art-162/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162/par-2 A party that submits a brief or offers evidence after a time frame specified pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph has passed must explain to the court the reasons that the party was unable to perform the act within that time frame. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-162/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十二条第一項 (Article 162, paragraph (1)), art-162/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百六十二条第二項（準備書面等の提出期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-162/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-162/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百六十六条第一項（当事者の不出頭等による終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-166/par-1 - 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 第百七十六条第一項（書面による準備手続の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-176/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