# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百十四条 (Article 314) - 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: 第三百十四条 (Article 314)（上告提起の方式等） — address `art-314` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-314 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-314 - 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. --- ### 第三百十四条（上告提起の方式等） — (Formalities for the Filing of Final Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-314 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-314 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-314 **第一項** 上告の提起は、上告状を原裁判所に提出してしなければならない。 art-314/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-314/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-314/par-1 A final appeal must be filed through the submission of a petition for a final appeal with the court of prior instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条において準用する第二百八十八条及び第二百八十九条第二項の規定による裁判長の職権は、原裁判所の裁判長が行う。 art-314/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-314/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-314/par-2 The authority of the presiding judge under the provisions of Article 288 and Article 289, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article is exercised by the presiding judge of the court of prior instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-314/par-2: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十三条 (Article 313), art-313 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-313 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-313 - art-314/par-2: 第二百八十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十八条 (Article 288), art-288 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-288 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-288 - art-314/par-2: 第二百八十九条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十九条第二項 (Article 289, paragraph (2)), art-289/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-289/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-289/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第五項（上告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/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