# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八十三条 (Article 383) - 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: 第三百八十三条 (Article 383)（支払督促の申立て） — address `art-383` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十三条（支払督促の申立て） — (Application for a Demand for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383 **第一項** 支払督促の申立ては、債務者の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してする。 art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383/par-1 An application for a demand for payment is filed with the court clerk of the summary court of jurisdiction in the locality that constitutes the general venue for an action involving the debtor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる請求についての支払督促の申立ては、それぞれ当該各号に定める地を管轄する簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してもすることができる。 art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383/par-2 An application for a demand for the payment of the claim stated in each of the following items may also be filed with the court clerk of the summary court of jurisdiction in the place stated in that item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 事務所又は営業所を有する者に対する請求でその事務所又は営業所における業務に関するもの　当該事務所又は営業所の所在地 art-383/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383/par-2/item-1 a claim against a person with an office or a business office, which is filed in connection with the business conducted at the person's office or business office:the location of that office or business office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 手形又は小切手による金銭の支払の請求及びこれに附帯する請求　手形又は小切手の支払地 art-383/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383/par-2/item-2 a claim for the payment of monies based on a bill, note, or check, and any incidental claims:the place for payment of the bill or note or for the check. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第一項（申立ての却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百九十七条第一項（電子情報処理組織による支払督促の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-397/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-397/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百九十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-398/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-398/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百九十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-398/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-398/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