# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第八条 (Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（訴訟の目的の価額の算定） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（訴訟の目的の価額の算定） — (Calculation of the Value of the Subject Matter of Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8 **第一項** 裁判所法（昭和二十二年法律第五十九号）の規定により管轄が訴訟の目的の価額により定まるときは、その価額は、訴えで主張する利益によって算定する。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8/par-1 If jurisdiction is determined by the value of the subject matter of litigation pursuant to the Court Act (Act No. 59 of 1947), the value is calculated on the basis of the interest alleged in the action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の価額を算定することができないとき、又は極めて困難であるときは、その価額は百四十万円を超えるものとみなす。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8/par-2 If it is impossible or extremely difficult to calculate the value referred to in the preceding paragraph, the value is deemed to exceed 1,400,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第八条第二項（訴訟の目的の価額の算定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-8/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