# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八十一条の三 (Article 381-3) - 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: 第三百八十一条の三 (Article 381-3)（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — address `art-381-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十一条の三（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — (Trials in Court Proceedings in a Trial with a Statutory-Limited Duration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Trials in Court Proceedings in a Trial with a sSatutory-Limited Duration)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb art-381-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3 **第一項** 前条第二項の決定があったときは、裁判長は、当該決定の日から二週間以内の間において口頭弁論又は弁論準備手続の期日を指定しなければならない。 art-381-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-1 When a ruling under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article is made, the presiding judge must designate a date for oral arguments or preparatory proceedings that is within two weeks after the date of ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判長は、前項の期日において、当該期日から六月以内の間において当該事件に係る口頭弁論を終結する期日を指定するとともに、口頭弁論を終結する日から一月以内の間において判決言渡しをする期日を指定しなければならない。 art-381-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-2 On the court date referred to in the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge must designate a date for concluding oral arguments in the case that is within six months after the current court date, and must designate a court date for rendering the judgment that is within one month after the date on which oral arguments are concluded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第二項の決定があったときは、当事者は、第一項の期日から五月（裁判所が当事者双方の意見を聴いて、これより短い期間を定めた場合には、その期間）以内に、攻撃又は防御の方法を提出しなければならない。 art-381-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-3 If a ruling as referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article has been made, the parties must submit allegations and evidence within five months from the court date specified in paragraph (1) (or within the shorter period that the court designates after hearing the opinions of both parties, if applicable). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、前項の期間が満了するまでに、当事者双方との間で、争点及び証拠の整理の結果に基づいて、法定審理期間訴訟手続の判決において判断すべき事項を確認するものとする。 art-381-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-4 The court is to confirm with both parties which matters will be decided in the judgment in court proceedings in a trial with a statutory-limited duration, based on the results of the arrangement of issues and evidence, before the expiration of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 法定審理期間訴訟手続における証拠調べは、第一項の期日から六月（裁判所が当事者双方の意見を聴いて、これより短い期間を定めた場合には、その期間）以内にしなければならない。 art-381-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-5 The examination of evidence in court proceedings in a trial with a statutory-limited duration must be conducted within six months from the court date referred to in paragraph (1) (or within the shorter period that the court designates after hearing the opinions of both parties, if applicable). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 法定審理期間訴訟手続における期日の変更は、第九十三条第三項の規定にかかわらず、やむを得ない事由がある場合でなければ、許すことができない。 art-381-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-6 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 93, paragraph (3), the court may not permit a change of court dates in court proceedings in a trial with a statutory-limited duration unless there is a compelling reason. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-381-3/par-1: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の二第二項 (Article 381-2, paragraph (2)), art-381-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-2/par-2 - art-381-3/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 381-3, paragraph (1)), art-381-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-1 - art-381-3/par-3: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の二第二項 (Article 381-2, paragraph (2)), art-381-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-2/par-2 - art-381-3/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 381-3, paragraph (1)), art-381-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-1 - art-381-3/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第三項 (Article 381-3, paragraph (3)), art-381-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-3 - art-381-3/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 381-3, paragraph (1)), art-381-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-1 - art-381-3/par-6: 第九十三条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十三条第三項 (Article 93, paragraph (3)), art-93/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-93/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第二項（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第三項（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第四項（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の三第五項（法定審理期間訴訟手続の審理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-3/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の五第一項（法定審理期間訴訟手続の電子判決書） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-5/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure (民事訴訟法), Article 381-3 — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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