# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百二十六条 (Article 326) - 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: 第三百二十六条 (Article 326)（破棄自判） — address `art-326` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326 - 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. --- ### 第三百二十六条（破棄自判） — (Reversal and Decision by the Final Appellate Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-326 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、上告裁判所は、事件について裁判をしなければならない。 art-326/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326/par-1 In the following cases, the final appellate court must reach a judicial decision on the case: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 確定した事実について憲法その他の法令の適用を誤ったことを理由として判決を破棄する場合において、事件がその事実に基づき裁判をするのに熟するとき。 art-326/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326/par-1/item-1 the final appellate court reverses a judgment on the grounds that there has been an error in the application of the Constitution or any other law or regulation to the facts that have been found, and the case has been sufficiently developed to allow a judicial decision to be reached based on these facts; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事件が裁判所の権限に属しないことを理由として判決を破棄するとき。 art-326/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-326/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-326/par-1/item-2 the final appellate court reverses a judgment on the grounds that the case is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## 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