# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百十六条 (Article 316) - 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: 第三百十六条 (Article 316)（原裁判所による上告の却下） — address `art-316` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316 - 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. --- ### 第三百十六条（原裁判所による上告の却下） — (Denial of a Final Appeal by the Court of Prior Instance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-316 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316 **第一項** 次の各号に該当することが明らかであるときは、原裁判所は、決定で、上告を却下しなければならない。 art-316/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-1 If circumstances clearly fall under any of the following items, the court of prior instance must rule to deny the final appeal: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 上告が不適法でその不備を補正することができないとき。 art-316/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-1/item-1 the final appeal is not in accordance with the law and this defect cannot be corrected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項の規定に違反して上告理由書を提出せず、又は上告の理由の記載が同条第二項の規定に違反しているとき。 art-316/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-1/item-2 a statement of grounds for final appeal has not been submitted, constituting a violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; or the stated grounds for final appeal are in violation of paragraph (2) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-316/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十五条第一項 (Article 315, paragraph (1)), art-315/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-315/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-315/par-1 - art-316/par-1/item-2: 同条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十五条第二項 (Article 315, paragraph (2)), art-315/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-315/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-315/par-2 - art-316/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十六条第一項 (Article 316, paragraph (1)), art-316/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百十六条第二項（原裁判所による上告の却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-316/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-316/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十七条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-317/par-1 - 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