# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百八十五条 (Article 185) - 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: 第百八十五条 (Article 185)（裁判所外における証拠調べ） — address `art-185` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185 - 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. --- ### 第百八十五条（裁判所外における証拠調べ） — (Examination of Evidence Out of Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185 **第一項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、裁判所外において証拠調べをすることができる。この場合においては、合議体の構成員に命じ、又は地方裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所に嘱託して証拠調べをさせることができる。 art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-1 If the court finds it to be appropriate, it may examine evidence out of court. To do so, it may order a member of a panel of judges or commission the district court or summary court to examine evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する嘱託により職務を行う受託裁判官は、他の地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所において証拠調べをすることを相当と認めるときは、更に証拠調べの嘱託をすることができる。 art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-2 If a commissioned judge performing the duties of a judge based on the commission prescribed in the preceding paragraph finds it to be appropriate for another district court or summary court to examine the evidence, the judge may further commission it to examine the evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所（第一項の規定により職務を行う受命裁判官及び前二項に規定する嘱託により職務を行う受託裁判官を含む。）は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、第一項の規定による証拠調べの手続を行うことができる。 art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-3 If the court (or an authorized judge who performs duties pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or authorized judge who performs duties based on a commission as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs) finds it to be appropriate after hearing the opinions of the parties and as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the court may conduct the proceedings for examination of evidence under the provisions of paragraph (1) using a means that enables persons to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-185/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-1 - art-185/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-1 - art-185/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第二項 (Article 185, paragraph (2)), art-185/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働審判法 第十七条第二項（証拠調べ等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-17/par-2 - 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 - 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第二項（裁判所外における証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第三項（裁判所外における証拠調べ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-3 - 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 - 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