# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第五十条 (Article 50) - 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: 第五十条 (Article 50)（義務承継人の訴訟引受け） — address `art-50` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50 - 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. --- ### 第五十条（義務承継人の訴訟引受け） — (Assumption of Litigation by the Successor of an Obligation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50 **第一項** 訴訟の係属中第三者がその訴訟の目的である義務の全部又は一部を承継したときは、裁判所は、当事者の申立てにより、決定で、その第三者に訴訟を引き受けさせることができる。 art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-1 If, while litigation is pending, a third party succeeds to the whole or part of an obligation that is the subject matter of litigation, the court, at the petition of an original party, may issue a ruling to have that third party assume the litigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をする場合には、当事者及び第三者を審尋しなければならない。 art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-2 Before issuing a ruling as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must hear the original party and the third party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四十一条第一項及び第三項並びに前二条の規定は、第一項の規定により訴訟を引き受けさせる決定があった場合について準用する。 art-50/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-3 The provisions of Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (3) and the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis if a ruling is issued to have a third party assume litigation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-50/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-1 - art-50/par-3: 第四十一条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-41/par-1 - art-50/par-3: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十一条第三項 (Article 41, paragraph (3)), art-41/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-41/par-3 - art-50/par-3: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第四十八条 (Article 48), art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-48 - art-50/par-3: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-49 - art-50/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項第一号（被保佐人、被補助人及び法定代理人の訴訟行為の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第五十条第二項（義務承継人の訴訟引受け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第五十条第三項（義務承継人の訴訟引受け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-50/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-50/par-3 - 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 第五十五条第二項第二号（訴訟代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-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