# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十八条 (Article 18)

- 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（簡易裁判所の裁量移送） — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-18
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### 第十八条（簡易裁判所の裁量移送） — (Discretionary Transfer by the Summary Court)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-18</sup>

    **第一項**  簡易裁判所は、訴訟がその管轄に属する場合においても、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の全部又は一部をその所在地を管轄する地方裁判所に移送することができる。
    <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-18/par-1</sup>
    Even if the litigation is subject to its jurisdiction, a summary court, upon petition or sua sponte, may transfer the whole or part of litigation to the district court of jurisdiction in that locality, if it finds this to be appropriate.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第二十条第一項（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-1

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## 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