# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八十一条の四 (Article 381-4) - 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: 第三百八十一条の四 (Article 381-4)（通常の手続への移行） — address `art-381-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十一条の四（通常の手続への移行） — (Transfer to Ordinary Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-381-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、裁判所は、訴訟を通常の手続により審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をしなければならない。 art-381-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-1 In the following cases, the court must issue a ruling that the action will be tried and a judicial decision will be reached through ordinary proceedings: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者の双方又は一方が訴訟を通常の手続に移行させる旨の申出をしたとき。 art-381-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-1/item-1 if one or both parties enter a statement requesting that the case be transferred to ordinary proceedings; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 提出された攻撃又は防御の方法及び審理の現状に照らして法定審理期間訴訟手続により審理及び裁判をするのが困難であると認めるとき。 art-381-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-1/item-2 if the court finds that it will be difficult to try the action or reach a judicial decision through court proceedings in a trial with a statutory-limited duration in light of the allegations and evidence submitted and the status of the trial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-381-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-2 No appeal may be entered against the ruling stated in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 訴訟が通常の手続に移行したときは、法定審理期間訴訟手続のため既に指定した期日は、通常の手続のために指定したものとみなす。 art-381-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-3 If a case is transferred to ordinary proceedings, the dates designated for court proceedings in a trial with a statutory-limited duration must be deemed to have been designated for the purpose of ordinary litigation proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-381-4/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の四第一項 (Article 381-4, paragraph (1)), art-381-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の四第二項（通常の手続への移行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-4/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