# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百三条 (Article 303) - 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: 第三百三条 (Article 303)（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — address `art-303` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303 - 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. --- ### 第三百三条（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — (Sanction Against the Abuse of the Right to Appeal to the Court of Second Instance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-303 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303 **第一項** 控訴裁判所は、前条第一項の規定により控訴を棄却する場合において、控訴人が訴訟の完結を遅延させることのみを目的として控訴を提起したものと認めるときは、控訴人に対し、控訴の提起の手数料として納付すべき金額の十倍以下の金銭の納付を命ずることができる。 art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-1 If the court of second instance dismisses an appeal pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and it finds that the appellant has filed the appeal exclusively for the purpose of delaying the conclusion of the litigation, it may order the appellant to pay up to ten times the amount of fees that must be paid for filing an appeal with the court of second instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による裁判は、判決の主文に掲げなければならない。 art-303/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-2 A judicial decision under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be indicated in the main text of the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による裁判は、本案判決を変更する判決の言渡しにより、その効力を失う。 art-303/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-3 A judicial decision under the provisions of paragraph (1) ceases to be valid if a judgment is rendered modifying the judgment on the merits. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 上告裁判所は、上告を棄却する場合においても、第一項の規定による裁判を変更することができる。 art-303/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-4 Even if the final appellate court dismisses a final appeal, it may modify a judicial decision under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第百八十九条の規定は、第一項の規定による裁判について準用する。 art-303/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-5 The provisions of Article 189 apply mutatis mutandis to a judicial decision under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-303/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二条第一項 (Article 302, paragraph (1)), art-302/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-302/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-302/par-1 - art-303/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第一項 (Article 303, paragraph (1)), art-303/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-1 - art-303/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第一項 (Article 303, paragraph (1)), art-303/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-1 - art-303/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第一項 (Article 303, paragraph (1)), art-303/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-1 - art-303/par-5: 第百八十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十九条 (Article 189), art-189 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189 - art-303/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第一項 (Article 303, paragraph (1)), art-303/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第二項（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第三項（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第四項（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第五項（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-5 --- ## 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