# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十九条 (Article 19) - 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（必要的移送） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（必要的移送） — (Mandatory Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19 **第一項** 第一審裁判所は、訴訟がその管轄に属する場合においても、当事者の申立て及び相手方の同意があるときは、訴訟の全部又は一部を申立てに係る地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所に移送しなければならない。ただし、移送により著しく訴訟手続を遅滞させることとなるとき、又はその申立てが、簡易裁判所からその所在地を管轄する地方裁判所への移送の申立て以外のものであって、被告が本案について弁論をし、若しくは弁論準備手続において申述をした後にされたものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19/par-1 If a party petitions and the adverse party consents, the court of first instance must transfer the whole or part of litigation to the district court or summary court under that petition, even if the litigation is subject to its jurisdiction; provided, however, that this does not apply if the transfer would substantially delay litigation proceedings or if the petition is filed after the defendant has presented an oral argument on the merits of the case or entered a statement in preparatory proceedings, and if the petition is not for a transfer from the summary court to the district court of jurisdiction in that locality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 簡易裁判所は、その管轄に属する不動産に関する訴訟につき被告の申立てがあるときは、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しなければならない。ただし、その申立ての前に被告が本案について弁論をした場合は、この限りでない。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19/par-2 At the petition of the defendant in litigation involving real property that is under the jurisdiction of the summary court, the summary court must transfer the whole or part of litigation to the district court of jurisdiction in that locality; provided, however, that this does not apply if the defendant has presented an oral argument on the merits of the case before filing that petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite 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 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条第二項（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第一項（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/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