# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百二十五条 (Article 325) - 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: 第三百二十五条 (Article 325)（破棄差戻し等） — address `art-325` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325 - 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. --- ### 第三百二十五条（破棄差戻し等） — (Reversal and Remand) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-325 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325 **第一項** 第三百十二条第一項又は第二項に規定する事由があるときは、上告裁判所は、原判決を破棄し、次条の場合を除き、事件を原裁判所に差し戻し、又はこれと同等の他の裁判所に移送しなければならない。高等裁判所が上告裁判所である場合において、判決に影響を及ぼすことが明らかな法令の違反があるときも、同様とする。 art-325/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-1 If there are circumstances prescribed in Article 312, paragraph (1) or (2), the final appellate court must reverse the prior instance judgment, and, except in the cases referred to in the following Article, it must remand the case to the court of prior instance or transfer the case to another, equivalent court. The same applies if the high court is the final appellate court and a violation of law or regulation has clearly influenced the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 上告裁判所である最高裁判所は、第三百十二条第一項又は第二項に規定する事由がない場合であっても、判決に影響を及ぼすことが明らかな法令の違反があるときは、原判決を破棄し、次条の場合を除き、事件を原裁判所に差し戻し、又はこれと同等の他の裁判所に移送することができる。 art-325/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-2 Even without the circumstances prescribed in Article 312, paragraph (1) or (2), the Supreme Court, as the final appellate court, may reverse a prior instance judgment if a violation of law or regulation has clearly influenced the judgment, and, except in the cases referred to in the following Article, it may remand the case to the court of prior instance or transfer the case to another, equivalent court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により差戻し又は移送を受けた裁判所は、新たな口頭弁論に基づき裁判をしなければならない。この場合において、上告裁判所が破棄の理由とした事実上及び法律上の判断は、差戻し又は移送を受けた裁判所を拘束する。 art-325/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-3 The court to which a case is remanded or transferred pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must reach a judicial decision based on additional oral arguments. In such a case, the factual or legal finding based on which the final appellate court has reversed the judgment is binding on the court to which the case is remanded or transferred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 原判決に関与した裁判官は、前項の裁判に関与することができない。 art-325/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-4 A judge who has participated in the prior instance judgment may not participate in the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-325/par-1: 第三百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), 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 - art-325/par-1: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項 (Article 312, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-325/par-1: 次条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十六条 (Article 326), art-326 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326 - art-325/par-2: 第三百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), 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 - art-325/par-2: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項 (Article 312, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-325/par-2: 次条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十六条 (Article 326), art-326 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326 - art-325/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第一項 (Article 325, paragraph (1)), art-325/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-1 - art-325/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第二項 (Article 325, paragraph (2)), art-325/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-2 - art-325/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第三項 (Article 325, paragraph (3)), art-325/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第三項（破棄差戻し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第四項（破棄差戻し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-325/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-325/par-4 --- ## 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