# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2) - 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: 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2)（付添い） — address `art-203-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三条の二（付添い） — (Escort) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2 **第一項** 裁判長は、証人の年齢又は心身の状態その他の事情を考慮し、証人が尋問を受ける場合に著しく不安又は緊張を覚えるおそれがあると認めるときは、その不安又は緊張を緩和するのに適当であり、かつ、裁判長若しくは当事者の尋問若しくは証人の陳述を妨げ、又はその陳述の内容に不当な影響を与えるおそれがないと認める者を、その証人の陳述中、証人に付き添わせることができる。 art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-1 If the presiding judge, in consideration of the witness's age, mental or physical condition or any other circumstances, finds that the witness is likely to feel extreme anxiety or tension when being examined, then the presiding judge may have the witness accompanied during the testimony by a person who can best ease the witness' anxiety or tension and is unlikely to disturb the examination of the witness by the presiding judge or the parties or the testimony of the witness, or is unlikely to unduly influence the contents of the testimony. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により証人に付き添うこととされた者は、その証人の陳述中、裁判長若しくは当事者の尋問若しくは証人の陳述を妨げ、又はその陳述の内容に不当な影響を与えるような言動をしてはならない。 art-203-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-2 During the testimony of a witness, the person accompanying the witness pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must not behave in a manner that interferes with the examination of the presiding judge or the parties or with the testimony of the witness, or that unduly influences the content of the testimony. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 当事者が、第一項の規定による裁判長の処置に対し、異議を述べたときは、裁判所は、決定で、その異議について裁判をする。 art-203-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-3 When a party has made an objection to the measures taken by the presiding judge under the provisions of paragraph (1), the court, by an order, makes a judicial decision on the objection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-203-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三条の二第一項 (Article 203-2, paragraph (1)), art-203-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-1 - art-203-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三条の二第一項 (Article 203-2, paragraph (1)), art-203-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百三条の二第二項（付添い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三条の二第三項（付添い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-2/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三条の三第三項（遮へいの措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-203-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-203-3/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百十条第一項（証人尋問の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-210/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-210/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