# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百三十七条 (Article 337) - 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: 第三百三十七条 (Article 337)（許可抗告） — address `art-337` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337 - 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. --- ### 第三百三十七条（許可抗告） — (Appeal with Permission) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-337 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337 **第一項** 高等裁判所の決定及び命令（第三百三十条の抗告及び次項の申立てについての決定及び命令を除く。）に対しては、前条第一項の規定による場合のほか、その高等裁判所が次項の規定により許可したときに限り、最高裁判所に特に抗告をすることができる。ただし、その裁判が地方裁判所の裁判であるとした場合に抗告をすることができるものであるときに限る。 art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-1 An appeal may be specially filed with the Supreme Court against a ruling or order of the high court (excluding a ruling or order on an appeal against a ruling as referred to in Article 330 or on a petition as referred to in the following paragraph) other than in a case under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, but only if the high court permits it pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph; provided, however, that this applies only if the judicial decision in question is one that it would be possible to appeal in the form of an appeal against a ruling, if it were the judicial decision of the district court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の高等裁判所は、同項の裁判について、最高裁判所の判例（これがない場合にあっては、大審院又は上告裁判所若しくは抗告裁判所である高等裁判所の判例）と相反する判断がある場合その他の法令の解釈に関する重要な事項を含むと認められる場合には、申立てにより、決定で、抗告を許可しなければならない。 art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 Upon petition, the high court referred to in the preceding paragraph must rule to permit an appeal against a ruling in respect of the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph, if it reflects a determination that is inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent (or, if there is no Supreme Court precedent, conflicts with precedent of the former Great Court of Cassation or precedent of the high court as the final appellate court or the court in charge of the appeal against the ruling) or if it is otherwise found to involve matters of material import involving the interpretation of laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の申立てにおいては、前条第一項に規定する事由を理由とすることはできない。 art-337/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-3 The circumstances provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article may not be given as the grounds for the petition in a petition as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の規定による許可があった場合には、第一項の抗告があったものとみなす。 art-337/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-4 If permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) is granted, the appeal against a ruling as referred to in paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 最高裁判所は、裁判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、原裁判を破棄することができる。 art-337/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-5 The Supreme Court may reverse the judicial decision of the prior instance if a violation of law or regulation has clearly influenced the judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三百十三条、第三百十五条及び前条第二項の規定は第二項の申立てについて、第三百十八条第三項の規定は第二項の規定による許可をする場合について、同条第四項後段及び前条第三項の規定は第二項の規定による許可があった場合について準用する。 art-337/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-6 The provisions of Article 313; Article 315; and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a petition as referred to in paragraph (2); the provisions of Article 318, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis if the court grants the permission under the provisions of paragraph (2); and the provisions of the second sentence of Article 318, paragraph (4) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if the permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) is granted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-337/par-1: 第三百三十条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十条 (Article 330), art-330 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-330 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-330 - art-337/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第二項 (Article 337, paragraph (2)), art-337/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 - art-337/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-336/par-1 - art-337/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第一項 (Article 337, paragraph (1)), art-337/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-1 - art-337/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第二項 (Article 337, paragraph (2)), art-337/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 - art-337/par-3: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-336/par-1 - art-337/par-4: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第二項 (Article 337, paragraph (2)), art-337/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 - art-337/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第一項 (Article 337, paragraph (1)), art-337/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-1 - art-337/par-6: 第三百十三条 → 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-337/par-6: 第三百十五条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十五条 (Article 315), art-315 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-315 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-315 - art-337/par-6: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十六条第二項 (Article 336, paragraph (2)), art-336/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-336/par-2 - art-337/par-6: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第二項 (Article 337, paragraph (2)), art-337/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 - art-337/par-6: 第三百十八条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第三項 (Article 318, paragraph (3)), art-318/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-3 - art-337/par-6: 同条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第四項 (Article 318, paragraph (4)), art-318/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-4 - art-337/par-6: 前条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十六条第三項 (Article 336, paragraph (3)), art-336/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-336/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-336/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第一項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第二項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第三項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第四項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第六項（許可抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-6 --- ## 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