# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百六十七条 (Article 367)

- 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: 第三百六十七条 (Article 367)（小切手訴訟） — address `art-367`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367
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### 第三百六十七条（小切手訴訟） — (Action on Checks)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-367 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367</sup>

**第一項**  小切手による金銭の支払の請求及びこれに附帯する法定利率による損害賠償の請求を目的とする訴えについては、小切手訴訟による審理及び裁判を求めることができる。
<sup>art-367/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/par-1</sup>
A trial and judicial decision may be sought through an action on checks in respect of a claim for the payment of money based on a check and any incidental claim for damages at the statutory interest rate.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第三百五十条第二項及び第三百五十一条から前条までの規定は、小切手訴訟に関して準用する。
<sup>art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 350, paragraph (2) and Article 351 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an action on checks.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十条第二項 (Article 350, paragraph (2)), art-350/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-350/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-350/par-2
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十一条 (Article 351), art-351 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-351
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十二条 (Article 352), art-352 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-352 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-352
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十三条 (Article 353), art-353 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-353 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-353
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十四条 (Article 354), art-354 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-354 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-354
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十五条 (Article 355), art-355 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-355 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-355
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十六条 (Article 356), art-356 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-356 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-356
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十七条 (Article 357), art-357 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-357
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十八条 (Article 358), art-358 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-358 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-358
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百五十九条 (Article 359), art-359 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-359 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-359
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十条 (Article 360), art-360 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-360 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-360
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十一条 (Article 361), art-361 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-361 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-361
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十二条 (Article 362), art-362 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-362 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-362
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十三条 (Article 363), art-363 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-363 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-363
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十四条 (Article 364), art-364 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-364 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-364
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十五条 (Article 365), art-365 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-365 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-365
- art-367/par-2: 第三百五十一条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十六条 (Article 366), art-366 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-366 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-366

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項第三号（被保佐人、被補助人及び法定代理人の訴訟行為の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2/item-3
- 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第二項第四号（訴訟代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-4
- 民事訴訟法 第百十六条第一項（判決の確定時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-116/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 附則第二十一条第一項（手形訴訟及び小切手訴訟における口頭弁論を経ない却下又は異議の申立てに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-21/par-1

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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
