# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百七十二条 (Article 372) - 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: 第三百七十二条 (Article 372)（証人等の尋問） — address `art-372` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-372 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-372 - 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. --- ### 第三百七十二条（証人等の尋問） — (Examination of Witnesses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-372 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-372 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-372 **第一項** 証人の尋問は、宣誓をさせないですることができる。 art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-372/par-1 It is permissible to examine a witness without having the witness swear under oath. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 証人又は当事者本人の尋問は、裁判官が相当と認める順序でする。 art-372/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-372/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-372/par-2 The witnesses and the parties themselves are examined in the order that the judge finds appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方と証人とが音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、証人を尋問することができる。 art-372/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-372/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-372/par-3 If the court finds it to be appropriate, it may examine a witness, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, in a way that enables the court, the parties, and the witness to communicate with one another at the same time, through audio transmissions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百七十九条第二項（異議後の審理及び裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-379/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-379/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