# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百六十五条 (Article 265) - 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: 第二百六十五条 (Article 265)（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — address `art-265` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十五条（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — (Terms of Settlement Set by the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265 **第一項** 裁判所又は受命裁判官若しくは受託裁判官は、当事者の共同の申立てがあるときは、事件の解決のために適当な和解条項を定めることができる。 art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-1 At the joint petition of the parties, the court or an authorized or commissioned judge may set the appropriate terms of settlement for resolving the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立ては、書面でしなければならない。この場合においては、その書面に同項の和解条項に服する旨を記載しなければならない。 art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-2 The parties must file the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph using a paper document. When doing so, they must indicate in the paper document that they will abide by the terms of settlement referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による和解条項の定めは、口頭弁論等の期日における告知その他相当と認める方法による告知によってする。 art-265/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-3 The terms of settlement under the provisions of paragraph (1) are set by announcement on a proceeding date or otherwise by their announcement through a means that is found to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 当事者は、前項の告知前に限り、第一項の申立てを取り下げることができる。この場合においては、相手方の同意を得ることを要しない。 art-265/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-4 A party may withdraw the petition referred to in paragraph (1) only prior to the announcement referred to in the preceding paragraph. To do so, the party is not required to obtain consent from the adverse party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の告知が当事者双方にされたときは、当事者間に和解が調ったものとみなす。 art-265/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-5 When the announcement referred to in paragraph (3) has been made to both parties, the parties are deemed to have reached a settlement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-265/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第一項 (Article 265, paragraph (1)), art-265/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-1 - art-265/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第一項 (Article 265, paragraph (1)), art-265/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-1 - art-265/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第三項 (Article 265, paragraph (3)), art-265/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-3 - art-265/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第一項 (Article 265, paragraph (1)), art-265/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-1 - art-265/par-5: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第三項 (Article 265, paragraph (3)), art-265/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第二項（非電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第二項（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第三項（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第四項（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第五項（裁判所等が定める和解条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第四項（訴え提起前の和解） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-4 --- ## 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