# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第六十七条 (Article 67)

- 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67)（訴訟費用の負担の裁判） — address `art-67`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-67
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### 第六十七条（訴訟費用の負担の裁判） — (Judicial Decisions on the Bearing of Court Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-67</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、事件を完結する裁判において、職権で、その審級における訴訟費用の全部について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。ただし、事情により、事件の一部又は中間の争いに関する裁判において、その費用についての負担の裁判をすることができる。
    <sup>art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-67/par-1</sup>
    In the judicial decision that concludes a case, the court must reach a judicial decision sua sponte on the bearing of all court costs incurred in the relevant instance; provided, however, that depending on the circumstances, in a judicial decision on part of a case or on an interlocutory dispute, the court may reach a judicial decision on the bearing of those costs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  上級の裁判所が本案の裁判を変更する場合には、訴訟の総費用について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。事件の差戻し又は移送を受けた裁判所がその事件を完結する裁判をする場合も、同様とする。
    <sup>art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-67/par-2</sup>
    If a superior court modifies a judicial decision on the merits, it must reach a judicial decision on the bearing of the total costs of litigation. The same applies when a court that has accepted a case remanded or transferred to it reaches the judicial decision that concludes the case.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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