# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百十二条 (Article 312) - 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: 第三百十二条 (Article 312)（上告の理由） — address `art-312` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312 - 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. --- ### 第三百十二条（上告の理由） — (Grounds for Final Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-312 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312 **第一項** 上告は、判決に憲法の解釈の誤りがあることその他憲法の違反があることを理由とするときに、することができる。 art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-1 A final appeal may be filed on the grounds that the judgment reflects an error in the interpretation of the Constitution or that it is otherwise unconstitutional. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 上告は、次に掲げる事由があることを理由とするときも、することができる。ただし、第四号に掲げる事由については、第三十四条第二項（第五十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による追認があったときは、この限りでない。 art-312/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2 A final appeal may also be filed on the grounds that any of the following circumstances are present; provided, however, that this does not apply to the circumstances stated in item (iv) if the ratification under the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (2) has taken place (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 59): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法律に従って判決裁判所を構成しなかったこと。 art-312/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-1 the court that pronounced judgment was not composed in accordance with the law; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法律により判決に関与することができない裁判官が判決に関与したこと。 art-312/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-2 a judge who, by law, is not permitted to participate in the judgment, has participated in the judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二の二** 日本の裁判所の管轄権の専属に関する規定に違反したこと。 art-312/par-2/item-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-2-2 provisions on the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japanese courts have been violated; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 専属管轄に関する規定に違反したこと（第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所が第一審の終局判決をした場合において当該訴訟が同項の規定により他の裁判所の専属管轄に属するときを除く。）。 art-312/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-3 provisions on exclusive jurisdiction have been violated (unless one of the courts specified in the items of Article 6, paragraph (1) has entered the final judgment in the first instance, and that litigation is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another court pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 法定代理権、訴訟代理権又は代理人が訴訟行為をするのに必要な授権を欠いたこと。 art-312/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-4 authority to act as a person's legal representative, authority to act as a person's litigation representative, or the delegation of powers that a representative needs in order to perform procedural acts, was lacking; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 口頭弁論の公開の規定に違反したこと。 art-312/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-5 provisions on the opening of oral arguments to the public have been violated; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 判決に理由を付せず、又は理由に食違いがあること。 art-312/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-6 no reason has been given for the judgment, or the reasons given for the judgment conflict with each other. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 高等裁判所にする上告は、判決に影響を及ぼすことが明らかな法令の違反があることを理由とするときも、することができる。 art-312/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-3 A final appeal to the high court may also be filed on the grounds of a violation of law or regulation that has clearly influenced the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-312/par-2: 第四号 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項第四号 (Article 312, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-312/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-4 - art-312/par-2: 第三十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-34/par-2 - art-312/par-2: 第五十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-59 - art-312/par-2/item-3: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項（上告の理由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十七条第二項（上告裁判所による上告の却下等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-317/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-317/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第二項（上告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第一項（破棄差戻し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第二項（破棄差戻し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/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