# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百十八条 (Article 218) - 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: 第二百十八条 (Article 218)（鑑定の嘱託） — address `art-218` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218 - 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. --- ### 第二百十八条（鑑定の嘱託） — (Requesting Expert Testimony) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、官庁若しくは公署、外国の官庁若しくは公署又は相当の設備を有する法人に鑑定を嘱託することができる。この場合においては、宣誓に関する規定を除き、この節の規定を準用する。 art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-1 If the court finds it to be necessary, it may request a government agency or public office, a foreign government agency or public office, or a corporation that has adequate equipment to give expert testimony. In such a case, the provisions of this Section, except for those concerning swearing under oath, apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、官庁、公署又は法人の指定した者に鑑定の結果を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録の説明をさせることができる。 art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it to be necessary, it may have a person designated by the government agency, public office, or corporation give an explanation of a paper document or electronic or magnetic record containing the results of expert testimony. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合において、裁判所は、当事者に対し、同項の嘱託に係る鑑定の結果の提示をしなければならない。 art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-3 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), the court must present the results of expert testimony connected with the request referred to in that paragraph to the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-218/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十八条第一項 (Article 218, paragraph (1)), art-218/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-1 - art-218/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十八条第一項 (Article 218, paragraph (1)), art-218/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第二百十八条第二項（鑑定の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百十八条第三項（鑑定の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-218/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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