# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（補佐人） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条（補佐人） — (Assistants in Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60 **第一項** 当事者又は訴訟代理人は、裁判所の許可を得て、補佐人とともに出頭することができる。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60/par-1 A party or litigation representative, with the permission of the court, may appear with an assistant in court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の許可は、いつでも取り消すことができる。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60/par-2 The permission stated in the preceding paragraph may be revoked at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 補佐人の陳述は、当事者又は訴訟代理人が直ちに取り消し、又は更正しないときは、当事者又は訴訟代理人が自らしたものとみなす。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60/par-3 Statements entered by an assistant in court, unless immediately retracted or corrected by the party or the litigation representative, are deemed to have been made by the party or litigation representative, personally. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第六十条第二項（補佐人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-60/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