# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百十五条 (Article 215) - 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215)（鑑定人の陳述の方式等） — address `art-215` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215 - 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. --- ### 第二百十五条（鑑定人の陳述の方式等） — (Formalities of Statements by Experts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215 **第一項** 裁判長は、鑑定人に、書面又は口頭で、意見を述べさせることができる。 art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-1 The presiding judge may have an expert state an opinion in writing or orally. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の鑑定人は、同項の規定により書面で意見を述べることに代えて、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する方法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方法により意見を述べることができる。この場合において、鑑定人は、同項の規定により書面で意見を述べたものとみなす。 art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-2 In lieu of providing an opinion in the form of a paper document pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an expert as referred to in that paragraph may provide an opinion using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court to record the information to be stated in that document in the court's computer files or by submitting a recording medium on which an electronic or magnetic record of the information to be stated in the paper document has been recorded, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Having done so, the expert is deemed to have used a paper document to provide an opinion pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、鑑定人に意見を述べさせた場合において、当該意見の内容を明瞭にし、又はその根拠を確認するため必要があると認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、鑑定人に更に意見を述べさせることができる。 art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-3 If the court has an expert state an opinion and finds it to be necessary in order to clarify the content of the opinion or confirm its basis, the court, upon petition or sua sponte, may have the expert state further opinions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 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第二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-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-4 The court must present the information detailed in a document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or the particulars recorded in a recording medium as referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-215/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-1 - art-215/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-1 - art-215/par-4: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/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 第二百十五条第二項（鑑定人の陳述の方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第四項（鑑定人の陳述の方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-4 - 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