# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（併合請求における管轄） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（併合請求における管轄） — (Jurisdiction over a Joint Claim) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7 **第一項** 一の訴えで数個の請求をする場合には、第四条から前条まで（第六条第三項を除く。）の規定により一の請求について管轄権を有する裁判所にその訴えを提起することができる。ただし、数人からの又は数人に対する訴えについては、第三十八条前段に定める場合に限る。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7/par-1 If multiple claims are involved in a single action, the action may be filed with a court that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 through the preceding Article (excluding Article 6, paragraph (3)), has jurisdiction over one of those claims; provided, however, that with regard to an action brought by two or more persons or an action brought against two or more persons, this applies only in the case specified in the first sentence of Article 38. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-1: 第四条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-4 - art-7/par-1: 第四条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-5 - art-7/par-1: 第四条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6 - art-7/par-1: 第四条から前条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六条の二 (Article 6-2), art-6-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6-2 - art-7/par-1: 第六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第三項 (Article 6, paragraph (3)), art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-3 - art-7/par-1: 第三十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-38 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第一項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第二項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/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