# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第四十七条 (Article 47) - 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（独立当事者参加） — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条（独立当事者参加） — (Intervention as an Independent Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47 **第一項** 訴訟の結果によって権利が害されることを主張する第三者又は訴訟の目的の全部若しくは一部が自己の権利であることを主張する第三者は、その訴訟の当事者の双方又は一方を相手方として、当事者としてその訴訟に参加することができる。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-1 A third party asserting that a right will be prejudiced by the outcome of litigation or a third party asserting entitlement to the whole or part of the subject matter of litigation may intervene in the litigation as a party, designating either or both of the parties to the litigation as an adverse party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による参加の申出は、書面でしなければならない。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-2 A third party must file a motion to intervene as under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の書面は、当事者双方に送達しなければならない。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-3 The written motion referred to in the preceding paragraph must be served upon both parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四十条第一項から第三項までの規定は第一項の訴訟の当事者及び同項の規定によりその訴訟に参加した者について、第四十三条の規定は同項の規定による参加の申出について準用する。 art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-4 The provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the parties to litigation stated in paragraph (1) and a person that has intervened in the litigation pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph; and the provisions of Article 43 apply mutatis mutandis to an application for intervention under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-2 - art-47/par-4: 第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-1 - art-47/par-4: 第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-2 - art-47/par-4: 第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-3 - art-47/par-4: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-4: 第四十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-43 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第二項（独立当事者参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第三項（独立当事者参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第四十七条第四項（独立当事者参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-47/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第四十八条第一項（訴訟脱退） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-48/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第四十九条第一項（権利承継人の訴訟参加の場合における時効の完成猶予等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-49/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第五十一条第一項（義務承継人の訴訟参加及び権利承継人の訴訟引受け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-51/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第五十二条第二項（共同訴訟参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-52/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