# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五条 (Article 205) - 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: 第二百五条 (Article 205)（尋問に代わる書面の提出） — address `art-205` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205 - 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. --- ### 第二百五条（尋問に代わる書面の提出） — (Submission of Paper Documents in Lieu of Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205 **第一項** 裁判所は、当事者に異議がない場合であって、相当と認めるときは、証人の尋問に代え、書面の提出をさせることができる。 art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-1 If neither party has any objection and the court finds it to be appropriate, the court may have a witness submit a paper document in lieu of conducting an examination of that witness. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 証人は、前項の規定による書面の提出に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、当該書面に記載すべき事項を最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してファイルに記録し、又は当該書面に記載すべき事項に係る電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体を提出することができる。この場合において、当該証人は、同項の書面を提出したものとみなす。 art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-2 As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, in lieu of submitting a paper document under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a witness may use an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court to record the information required to be given in the paper document in the court's computer files, or may submit a recording medium containing an electronic or magnetic record of the information required to be given in that paper document. Having done so, the witness is deemed to have submitted the paper document under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、当事者に対し、第一項の書面に記載された事項又は前項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項若しくは同項の記録媒体に記録された事項の提示をしなければならない。 art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-3 The court must present the information given in a paper document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files or the information recorded in a recording medium under the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-205/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-2 ## Cited by 13 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 - 民事執行法 第二十条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-1 - 民事執行法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-1 - 民事執行法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百七十条第二項（弁論準備手続における訴訟行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-170/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-170/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項（尋問に代わる書面の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第三項（尋問に代わる書面の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十八条第二項（尋問等に代わる書面の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-278/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-278/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十五条第一項（尋問に代わる書面の提出等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-15/par-1 - 破産法 第十三条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1 - 破産法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/appdx-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/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