# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百四十五条 (Article 245)

- 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: 第二百四十五条 (Article 245)（中間判決） — address `art-245`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-245
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-245
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### 第二百四十五条（中間判決） — (Interlocutory Judgment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-245</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、独立した攻撃又は防御の方法その他中間の争いについて、裁判をするのに熟したときは、中間判決をすることができる。請求の原因及び数額について争いがある場合におけるその原因についても、同様とする。
  <sup>art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-245/par-1</sup>
  If an independent allegation or piece of evidence or any other interlocutory dispute has been sufficiently developed for the court to reach a judicial decision on it, the court may enter an interlocutory judgment. The same applies with regard to the statement of the claim if it, or the number or amount concerned, is in dispute.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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