# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三百八十五条 (Article 385) - 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: 第三百八十五条 (Article 385)（申立ての却下） — address `art-385` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十五条（申立ての却下） — (Denial of an Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385 **第一項** 支払督促の申立てが第三百八十二条若しくは第三百八十三条の規定に違反するとき、又は申立ての趣旨から請求に理由がないことが明らかなときは、その申立てを却下しなければならない。請求の一部につき支払督促を発することができない場合におけるその一部についても、同様とする。 art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-1 If an application for a demand for payment is not in accordance with the provisions of Article 382 or Article 383 or if it is obvious, from the object of the application, that the claim is without grounds, the application must be denied. The same applies to any part of a claim for which it is not permissible to issue a demand for payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-2 The disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph comes into effect by notice being given by a means that is considered appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の処分に対する異議の申立ては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内にしなければならない。 art-385/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-3 Any objection to the disposition referred to in the preceding paragraph must be lodged within an inalterable time frame of one week from the day on which the notice is received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立てについての裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-385/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-4 It is not permissible to enter a protest against a judicial decision on an objection as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-385/par-1: 第三百八十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-382 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-382 - art-385/par-1: 第三百八十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十三条 (Article 383), art-383 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-383 - art-385/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第一項 (Article 385, paragraph (1)), art-385/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-1 - art-385/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第二項 (Article 385, paragraph (2)), art-385/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-2 - art-385/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第三項 (Article 385, paragraph (3)), art-385/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第二項（申立ての却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第三項（申立ての却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第四項（申立ての却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-385/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-385/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百九十一条第三項（仮執行の宣言） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-391/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-391/par-3 --- ## 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