# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百九十八条 (Article 198)

- 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: 第百九十八条 (Article 198)（証言拒絶の理由の疎明） — address `art-198`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-198
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### 第百九十八条（証言拒絶の理由の疎明） — (Prima Facie Showing of Reasons for Refusal to Testify)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-198</sup>

    **第一項**  証言拒絶の理由は、疎明しなければならない。
    <sup>art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-198/par-1</sup>
    A prima facie showing must be made of the grounds for a witness' refusal to testify.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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