# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第五十五条 (Article 55) - 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（訴訟代理権の範囲） — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条（訴訟代理権の範囲） — (Scope of Authority to Act as a Person's Litigation Representative) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55 **第一項** 訴訟代理人は、委任を受けた事件について、反訴、参加、強制執行、仮差押え及び仮処分に関する訴訟行為をし、かつ、弁済を受領することができる。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-1 A litigation representative may perform procedural acts involved in a counterclaim, intervention, judicial enforcement, provisional seizure, or provisional disposition for a case entrusted to them, and may receive payment for this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 訴訟代理人は、次に掲げる事項については、特別の委任を受けなければならない。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2 A litigation representative must be specially entrusted in order to: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 反訴の提起 art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-1 file a counterclaim; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 訴えの取下げ、和解、請求の放棄若しくは認諾又は第四十八条（第五十条第三項及び第五十一条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による脱退 art-55/par-2/item-2 · 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 withdraw an action, enter into a settlement, waive or acknowledge a claim, or effect a withdrawal from litigation under the provisions of Article 48 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (3) and Article 51); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 控訴、上告若しくは第三百十八条第一項の申立て又はこれらの取下げ art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-3 file or withdraw an appeal to the court of second instance, a final appeal, or a petition as referred to in Article 318, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第三百六十条（第三百六十七条第二項、第三百七十八条第二項及び第三百八十一条の七第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による異議の取下げ又はその取下げについての同意 art-55/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-4 withdraw an objection under the provisions of Article 360 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 367, paragraph (2), Article 378, paragraph (2) and Article 381-7, paragraph (2)) or consent to its withdrawal; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 代理人の選任 art-55/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2/item-5 appoint a representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 訴訟代理権は、制限することができない。ただし、弁護士でない訴訟代理人については、この限りでない。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-3 The authority to act as a person's litigation representative in litigation may not be restricted; provided, however, that this does not apply to a litigation representative who is not an attorney. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、法令により裁判上の行為をすることができる代理人の権限を妨げない。 art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not restrict the authority of a representative who may act in court pursuant to law or regulation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55/par-2/item-2: 第四十八条 → 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-55/par-2/item-2: 第五十条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十条第三項 (Article 50, paragraph (3)), 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 - art-55/par-2/item-2: 第五十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-51 - art-55/par-2/item-3: 第三百十八条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十八条第一項 (Article 318, paragraph (1)), art-318/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-318/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-318/par-1 - art-55/par-2/item-4: 第三百六十条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十条 (Article 360), art-360 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-360 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-360 - art-55/par-2/item-4: 第三百六十七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百六十七条第二項 (Article 367, paragraph (2)), art-367/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-367/par-2 - art-55/par-2/item-4: 第三百七十八条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十八条第二項 (Article 378, paragraph (2)), art-378/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-378/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-378/par-2 - art-55/par-2/item-4: 第三百八十一条の七第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条の七第二項 (Article 381-7, paragraph (2)), art-381-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381-7/par-2 - art-55/par-4: 前三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-4: 前三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-2 - art-55/par-4: 前三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第五十五条第四項（訴訟代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-55/par-4 --- ## 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