# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百二十条 (Article 220) - 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: 第二百二十条 (Article 220)（文書提出義務） — address `art-220` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十条（文書提出義務） — (Obligation to Submit Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、文書の所持者は、その提出を拒むことができない。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1 In the following cases, the person in possession of the document in question may not refuse to submit that document: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者が訴訟において引用した文書を自ら所持するとき。 art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-1 if a party is personally in possession of a document that they have quoted from in litigation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 挙証者が文書の所持者に対しその引渡し又は閲覧を求めることができるとき。 art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-2 if it is permissible for the party that will offer the evidence to request the person in possession of the document to deliver it or allow it to be inspected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 文書が挙証者の利益のために作成され、又は挙証者と文書の所持者との間の法律関係について作成されたとき。 art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-3 if the document has been prepared in the interest of the party that will offer the evidence or with regard to the legal relationships between the party that will offer the evidence and the person in possession of the document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる場合のほか、文書が次に掲げるもののいずれにも該当しないとき。 art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4 in cases other than those listed in the preceding three items, if the document does not fall under any of the following categories: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 文書の所持者又は文書の所持者と第百九十六条各号に掲げる関係を有する者についての同条に規定する事項が記載されている文書 art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-1 a document detailing the particulars prescribed in Article 196 with regard to the person in possession of the document or a person who is related to the person in possession of the document in any of the ways stated in the items of that Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 公務員の職務上の秘密に関する文書でその提出により公共の利益を害し、又は公務の遂行に著しい支障を生ずるおそれがあるもの art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-2 a document concerning confidential information in connection with a public officer's duties, which, if submitted, would be against the public interest or would be likely to substantially hinder the performance of a public duty; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 第百九十七条第一項第二号に規定する事実又は同項第三号に規定する事項で、黙秘の義務が免除されていないものが記載されている文書 art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-3 a document detailing a fact prescribed in Article 197, paragraph (1), item (ii) or a particular prescribed in Article 197, paragraph (1), item (iii), neither or which are exempt from the duty of silence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 専ら文書の所持者の利用に供するための文書（国又は地方公共団体が所持する文書にあっては、公務員が組織的に用いるものを除く。） art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-4 a document prepared exclusively for the use of the person in possession (excluding a document held by the State or a local public entity, which is used by a public officer for an organizational purpose); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 刑事事件に係る訴訟に関する書類若しくは少年の保護事件の記録又はこれらの事件において押収されている文書 art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-5 documents related to the litigation of a criminal case, the case record in a juvenile protective case, or a document seized in these cases. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-220/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-1 - art-220/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第二号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-220/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-2 - art-220/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第三号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-220/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-3 - art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-1: 第百九十六条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十六条 (Article 196), art-196 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-196 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-196 - art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-3: 第百九十七条第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十七条第一項第二号 (Article 197, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-197/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-197/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-197/par-1/item-2 - art-220/par-1/item-4/sub-3: 同項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十七条第一項第三号 (Article 197, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-197/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-197/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-197/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第四号（文書提出義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-220/par-1/item-4 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十一条第二項（文書提出命令の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-221/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第三項（文書提出命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-223/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第四項（文書提出命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-223/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第五項（文書提出命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-223/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第六項（文書提出命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-223/par-6 - 民事訴訟法 第二百三十一条の三第一項（書証の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-231-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-231-3/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