# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二十条 (Article 20) - 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20 - 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. --- ### 第二十条（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — (Restriction on Transfer If There Is Exclusive Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20 **第一項** 前三条の規定は、訴訟がその係属する裁判所の専属管轄（当事者が第十一条の規定により合意で定めたものを除く。）に属する場合には、適用しない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-1 The provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply if the litigation is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court before which it is pending (except exclusive jurisdiction determined by an agreement between the parties pursuant to the provisions of Article 11). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特許権等に関する訴えに係る訴訟について、第十七条又は前条第一項の規定によれば第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所に移送すべき場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、第十七条又は前条第一項の規定を適用する。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if litigation in a prescribed IP action is to be transferred to a court specified in either item of Article 6, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the provisions of Article 17 or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20/par-1: 前三条 → 民事訴訟法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-17 - art-20/par-1: 前三条 → 民事訴訟法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-18 - art-20/par-1: 前三条 → 民事訴訟法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19 - art-20/par-1: 第十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - art-20/par-2: 第十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-17 - art-20/par-2: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), 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 - art-20/par-2: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 - art-20/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 --- ## 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