# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条の二 (Article 3-2) - 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: 第三条の二 (Article 3-2)（被告の住所等による管轄権） — address `art-3-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2 - 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. --- ### 第三条の二（被告の住所等による管轄権） — (Jurisdiction Based on the Defendant's Domicile) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、人に対する訴えについて、その住所が日本国内にあるとき、住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合にはその居所が日本国内にあるとき、居所がない場合又は居所が知れない場合には訴えの提起前に日本国内に住所を有していたとき（日本国内に最後に住所を有していた後に外国に住所を有していたときを除く。）は、管轄権を有する。 art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2/par-1 The courts have jurisdiction over an action that is brought against a person domiciled in Japan; against a person without a domicile, or of domicile unknown, whose residence is in Japan; and against a person without a residence, or of residence unknown, who was domiciled in Japan before the action was filed (unless the person has been domiciled in a foreign country after last being domiciled in Japan). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、大使、公使その他外国に在ってその国の裁判権からの免除を享有する日本人に対する訴えについて、前項の規定にかかわらず、管轄権を有する。 art-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the courts have jurisdiction over an action that is brought against an ambassador, minister, or any other Japanese national in a foreign country who enjoys immunity from the jurisdiction of that country. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、法人その他の社団又は財団に対する訴えについて、その主たる事務所又は営業所が日本国内にあるとき、事務所若しくは営業所がない場合又はその所在地が知れない場合には代表者その他の主たる業務担当者の住所が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2/par-3 The courts have jurisdiction over an action that is brought against a corporation or any other association or foundation whose principal office or business office is located in Japan, and against a corporation, association, or foundation without a business office or other office, or with a business office or other office of unknown location, whose representative or other person principally in charge of its business is domiciled in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-3-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の二第一項 (Article 3-2, paragraph (1)), art-3-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三条の二第二項（被告の住所等による管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の十第一項（管轄権が専属する場合の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-10/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