# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三十五条 (Article 35) - 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35)（特別代理人） — address `art-35` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条（特別代理人） — (Special Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35 **第一項** 法定代理人がない場合又は法定代理人が代理権を行うことができない場合において、未成年者又は成年被後見人に対し訴訟行為をしようとする者は、遅滞のため損害を受けるおそれがあることを疎明して、受訴裁判所の裁判長に特別代理人の選任を申し立てることができる。 art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35/par-1 If there is no legal representative or if a legal representative is unable to exercise the authority to act as a person's legal representative, a person seeking to perform a procedural act against a minor or adult ward may request the presiding judge of the court in charge of the case to appoint a special representative, by making a prima facie showing of the risk that the person will incur damage if there is a delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、いつでも特別代理人を改任することができる。 art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35/par-2 The court may replace a special representative at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別代理人が訴訟行為をするには、後見人と同一の授権がなければならない。 art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35/par-3 In order to perform procedural acts, a special representative must have the same delegation of powers as a guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 戸籍法 第十条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-10-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-10-2/par-5 - 民事執行法 第四十一条第三項（債務者が死亡した場合の強制執行の続行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-3 --- ## 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