# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百四十三条 (Article 343)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三百四十三条 (Article 343)（再審の訴状の記載事項） — address `art-343`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百四十三条（再審の訴状の記載事項） — (Particulars That Must Be Entered in a Complaint Demanding a Retrial)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-343 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-343 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-343</sup>

**第一項**  再審の訴状には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-343/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-343/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-343/par-1</sup>
The following particulars must be entered in the complaint demanding the retrial:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  当事者及び法定代理人
  <sup>art-343/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-343/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-343/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the parties and legal representatives;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  不服の申立てに係る判決の表示及びその判決に対して再審を求める旨
  <sup>art-343/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-343/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-343/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a representation of the judgment that the protest concerns, and an indication that this is the judgment over which the retrial is being demanded;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  不服の理由
  <sup>art-343/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-343/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-343/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the grounds for protest.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第三百四十九条第二項（決定又は命令に対する再審） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-349/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-349/par-2

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## 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