# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百七十五条 (Article 275) - 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: 第二百七十五条 (Article 275)（訴え提起前の和解） — address `art-275` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十五条（訴え提起前の和解） — (Settlement Prior to the Filing of an Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-275 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275 **第一項** 民事上の争いについては、当事者は、請求の趣旨及び原因並びに争いの実情を表示して、相手方の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する簡易裁判所に和解の申立てをすることができる。 art-275/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-1 In a civil dispute, a party may file a petition for settlement with the summary court of jurisdiction in the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the adverse party, indicating the prayer for relief and providing a statement of the claims, as well as indicating the actual circumstances of the dispute. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の和解が調わない場合において、和解の期日に出頭した当事者双方の申立てがあるときは、裁判所は、直ちに訴訟の弁論を命ずる。この場合においては、和解の申立てをした者は、その申立てをした時に、訴えを提起したものとみなし、和解の費用は、訴訟費用の一部とする。 art-275/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-2 If a settlement as referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be reached, the court, at the petition of both parties who have appeared on a date for settlement, immediately orders the parties to present oral arguments in litigation. In such a case, the party who has filed the petition for settlement is deemed to have filed an action at the time that party filed that petition, and settlement costs become a part of the court costs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 申立人又は相手方が第一項の和解の期日に出頭しないときは、裁判所は、和解が調わないものとみなすことができる。 art-275/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-3 If the petitioner or the adverse party does not appear on a date for settlement as referred to in paragraph (1), the court may deem that no settlement can be reached. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の和解については、第二百六十四条及び第二百六十五条の規定は、適用しない。 art-275/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-4 The provisions of Articles 264 and 265 do not apply to a settlement as referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-275/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第一項 (Article 275, paragraph (1)), art-275/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-1 - art-275/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第一項 (Article 275, paragraph (1)), art-275/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-1 - art-275/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第一項 (Article 275, paragraph (1)), art-275/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-1 - art-275/par-4: 第二百六十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十四条 (Article 264), art-264 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-264 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-264 - art-275/par-4: 第二百六十五条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十五条 (Article 265), art-265 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-265 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第七十二条第一項（和解の場合の費用額の確定手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-72/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第二項（訴え提起前の和解） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条第三項（訴え提起前の和解） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275/par-3 - 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 - 民事訴訟法 第三百六十五条第一項（訴え提起前の和解の手続から手形訴訟への移行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-365/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-365/par-1 - 民法 第百四十七条第一項第三号（裁判上の請求等による時効の完成猶予及び更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-147/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-147/par-1/item-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