# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条の七 (Article 3-7) - 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: 第三条の七 (Article 3-7)（管轄権に関する合意） — address `art-3-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7 - 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. --- ### 第三条の七（管轄権に関する合意） — (Agreement on Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7 **第一項** 当事者は、合意により、いずれの国の裁判所に訴えを提起することができるかについて定めることができる。 art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-1 Parties may establish, by agreement, the country in which they are permitted to file an action with the courts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の合意は、一定の法律関係に基づく訴えに関し、かつ、書面でしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-2 An agreement as referred to in the preceding paragraph is not valid unless it is made regarding actions that are based on a specific legal relationship, and executed by means of a paper document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の合意がその内容を記録した電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。）によってされたときは、その合意は、書面によってされたものとみなして、前項の規定を適用する。 art-3-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-3 If electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computer data processing which are created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is otherwise impossible to perceive through the human senses alone; the same applies below) in which the content of an agreement as referred to in paragraph (1) is recorded are used to execute that agreement, the agreement is deemed to have been executed by means of a paper document and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 外国の裁判所にのみ訴えを提起することができる旨の合意は、その裁判所が法律上又は事実上裁判権を行うことができないときは、これを援用することができない。 art-3-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-4 An agreement that an action may be filed only with the courts of a foreign country may not be invoked if those courts are unable to exercise jurisdiction by law or in fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 将来において生ずる消費者契約に関する紛争を対象とする第一項の合意は、次に掲げる場合に限り、その効力を有する。 art-3-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5 An agreement as referred to in paragraph (1) which covers consumer contract disputes that may arise in the future is valid only in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 消費者契約の締結の時において消費者が住所を有していた国の裁判所に訴えを提起することができる旨の合意（その国の裁判所にのみ訴えを提起することができる旨の合意については、次号に掲げる場合を除き、その国以外の国の裁判所にも訴えを提起することを妨げない旨の合意とみなす。）であるとき。 art-3-7/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5/item-1 if the agreement provides that an action may be filed with the courts of the country where the consumer was domiciled at the time the consumer contract was concluded (except in the case stated in the following item, any agreement that an action may be filed only with a court of such a country is deemed not to preclude the filing of an action with a court of any other country); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 消費者が当該合意に基づき合意された国の裁判所に訴えを提起したとき、又は事業者が日本若しくは外国の裁判所に訴えを提起した場合において、消費者が当該合意を援用したとき。 art-3-7/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5/item-2 if the consumer, in accordance with that agreement, has filed an action with the courts of the agreed-upon country, or if an enterprise has filed an action with the Japanese courts or with the courts of a foreign country and the consumer has invoked that agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 将来において生ずる個別労働関係民事紛争を対象とする第一項の合意は、次に掲げる場合に限り、その効力を有する。 art-3-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6 An agreement as referred to in paragraph (1) which covers civil disputes over individual labor relationships that may arise in the future is valid only in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 労働契約の終了の時にされた合意であって、その時における労務の提供の地がある国の裁判所に訴えを提起することができる旨を定めたもの（その国の裁判所にのみ訴えを提起することができる旨の合意については、次号に掲げる場合を除き、その国以外の国の裁判所にも訴えを提起することを妨げない旨の合意とみなす。）であるとき。 art-3-7/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6/item-1 if the agreement is made at the time a labor contract ends, and establishes that an action may be filed with the courts of the country where the place that the labor was being provided as of that time is located (except in the case stated in the following item, an agreement that an action may be filed only with the courts of such a country is deemed not to preclude the filing of an action with the courts of any other country); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 労働者が当該合意に基づき合意された国の裁判所に訴えを提起したとき、又は事業主が日本若しくは外国の裁判所に訴えを提起した場合において、労働者が当該合意を援用したとき。 art-3-7/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6/item-2 if the worker, in accordance with that agreement, files an action with the courts of the agreed-upon country; or if the enterprise files an action with the Japanese courts or with the courts of a foreign country and the worker invokes that agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-3-7/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第一項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (1)), art-3-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-1 - art-3-7/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第一項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (1)), art-3-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-1 - art-3-7/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第二項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (2)), art-3-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-2 - art-3-7/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第一項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (1)), art-3-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-1 - art-3-7/par-5/item-1: 次号 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第五項第二号 (Article 3-7, paragraph (5), item (ii)), art-3-7/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5/item-2 - art-3-7/par-6: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第一項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (1)), art-3-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-1 - art-3-7/par-6/item-1: 次号 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第六項第二号 (Article 3-7, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-3-7/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6/item-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第二項（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第三項（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第五項（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第五項第一号（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-5/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第六項（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6 - 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第六項第一号（管轄権に関する合意） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-6/item-1 - 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 - 民事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4231-36/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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