# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十四条 (Article 254) - 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: 第二百五十四条 (Article 254)（言渡しの方式の特則） — address `art-254` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十四条（言渡しの方式の特則） — (Special Provisions on the Form for Rendering Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合において、原告の請求を認容するときは、判決の言渡しは、前条の規定にかかわらず、電子判決書に基づかないですることができる。 art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, in the following cases, if the court upholds the plaintiff's claim, it may render a judgment that is not based on an electronic judgment: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 被告が口頭弁論において原告の主張した事実を争わず、その他何らの防御の方法をも提出しない場合 art-254/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-1/item-1 if the defendant does not deny the facts alleged by the plaintiff in oral arguments or does not advance any allegations or evidence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 被告が公示送達による呼出しを受けたにもかかわらず口頭弁論の期日に出頭しない場合（被告の提出した準備書面が口頭弁論において陳述されたものとみなされた場合を除く。） art-254/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-1/item-2 if the defendant, despite being summoned through service by publication, does not appear on a date for oral arguments (unless a brief submitted by the defendant is deemed to be the defendant's statement in oral arguments). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の規定により判決の言渡しをしたときは、電子判決書の作成に代えて、裁判所書記官に、当事者及び法定代理人、主文、請求並びに理由の要旨を、判決の言渡しをした口頭弁論期日の電子調書に記録させなければならない。 art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-2 If the court has rendered a judgment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in lieu of preparing an electronic judgment, the court must have the court clerk make a record of the parties and legal representatives, the main text of the judgment, the claims, and the gist of the grounds, in the electronic record for the oral arguments date on which the judgment is rendered. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-254/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条 (Article 253), art-253 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253 - art-254/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第二百五十四条第二項（言渡しの方式の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十五条第一項（電子判決書等の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-255/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百八十五条第一項（控訴期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-285/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-285/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百五十七条第一項（異議の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-357/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十四条第二項（判決の言渡し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-374/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-374/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十八条第一項（異議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-378/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-378/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第十七条第一項（判決の言渡しの方式等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17/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