# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十七条 (Article 257) - 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: 第二百五十七条 (Article 257)（判決の更正決定） — address `art-257` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十七条（判決の更正決定） — (Ruling to Correct a Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-257 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257 **第一項** 判決に計算違い、誤記その他これらに類する明白な誤りがあるときは、裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、いつでも更正決定をすることができる。 art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-1 If there is a miscalculation, clerical error, or any other clear error similar to this in a judgment, the court may issue a corrective ruling at any time, upon petition or sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の更正決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。ただし、判決に対し適法な控訴があったときは、この限りでない。 art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against a corrective ruling under the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply if a lawful appeal to the court of second instance has been filed against the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立てを不適法として却下した決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。ただし、判決に対し適法な控訴があったときは、この限りでない。 art-257/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling to deny the petition under paragraph (1) as not in accordance with the law; provided, however, that this does not apply if a lawful appeal to the court of second instance is filed against the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-257/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十七条第一項 (Article 257, paragraph (1)), art-257/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-1 - art-257/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十七条第一項 (Article 257, paragraph (1)), art-257/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十七条第二項（判決の更正決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十七条第三項（判決の更正決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-257/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-257/par-3 --- ## 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