# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百十五条の四 (Article 215-4)

- 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: 第二百十五条の四 (Article 215-4)（受命裁判官等の権限） — address `art-215-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-4
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### 第二百十五条の四（受命裁判官等の権限） — (Powers of an Authorized or Commissioned Judge)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-215-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-4</sup>

    **第一項**  受命裁判官又は受託裁判官が鑑定人に意見を述べさせる場合には、裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。ただし、第二百十五条の二第四項の規定による異議についての裁判は、受訴裁判所がする。
    <sup>art-215-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-4/par-1</sup>
    If an authorized or commissioned judge has an expert state an opinion, that judge performs the duties of the court and the presiding judge; provided, however, that a judicial decision on an objection under the provisions of Article 215-2, paragraph (4) is reached by the court in charge of the case.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-215-4/par-1: 第二百十五条の二第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条の二第四項 (Article 215-2, paragraph (4)), art-215-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215-2/par-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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

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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