# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)

- 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: 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)（続行期日における陳述の擬制） — address `art-277`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-277
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-277
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### 第二百七十七条（続行期日における陳述の擬制） — (Constructive Statements on Further Dates)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-277</sup>

  **第一項**  第百五十八条の規定は、原告又は被告が口頭弁論の続行の期日に出頭せず、又は出頭したが本案の弁論をしない場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-277/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 158 apply mutatis mutandis if the plaintiff or the defendant does not appear on a further date for oral arguments or appears on that date but does not present any oral arguments on the merits.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-277/par-1: 第百五十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十八条 (Article 158), art-158 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-158

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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