# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百九十三条 (Article 193) - 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: 第百九十三条 (Article 193)（不出頭に対する罰金等） — address `art-193` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193 - 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. --- ### 第百九十三条（不出頭に対する罰金等） — (Criminal Fines for Non-Appearance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193 **第一項** 証人が正当な理由なく出頭しないときは、十万円以下の罰金又は拘留に処する。 art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193/par-1 If a witness fails to appear without a legitimate reason, the witness is sentenced to a criminal fine of not more than 100,000 yen or misdemeanor imprisonment without work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の罪を犯した者には、情状により、罰金及び拘留を併科することができる。 art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193/par-2 Both a criminal fine and misdemeanor imprisonment without work may be imposed cumulatively on a person who has committed the crime referred to in the preceding paragraph, depending on the circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-193/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十三条第一項 (Article 193, paragraph (1)), art-193/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193/par-1 ## Cited by 5 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 - 民事訴訟法 第百九十三条第二項（不出頭に対する罰金等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百条第一項（証言拒絶に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-200/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第五項（宣誓） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第二百十六条第一項（証人尋問の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-216/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