# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百六条 (Article 306)

- 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: 第三百六条 (Article 306)（第一審の判決の手続が違法な場合の取消し） — address `art-306`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-306
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### 第三百六条（第一審の判決の手続が違法な場合の取消し） — (Reversal in the Event of a Judgment by the Court of First Instance Made Upon Unlawful Procedure)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-306 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-306 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-306</sup>

  **第一項**  第一審の判決の手続が法律に違反したときは、控訴裁判所は、第一審判決を取り消さなければならない。
  <sup>art-306/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-306/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-306/par-1</sup>
  If the procedure upon which the judgment in the first instance is made is in violation of the law, the court of second instance must set aside the judgment in the first instance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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