# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九十四条 (Article 94) - 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: 第九十四条 (Article 94)（期日の呼出し） — address `art-94` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十四条（期日の呼出し） — (Summons to Appear on a Court Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94 **第一項** 期日の呼出しは、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる方法その他相当と認める方法によってする。 art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1 A summons to appear for a court date is issued through a means stated in one of the following items or by any other means that is considered to be appropriate: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** ファイルに記録された電子呼出状（裁判所書記官が、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判長が指定した期日に出頭すべき旨を告知するために出頭すべき者において出頭すべき日時及び場所を記録して作成した電磁的記録をいう。次項及び第二百五十六条第三項において同じ。）を出頭すべき者に対して送達する方法 art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1/item-1 serving an electronic writ of summons (meaning an electronic or magnetic record that the court clerk prepares by recording, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the date and place that the person who is required to appear is required to appear, in order to notify that person that they are required to appear on the court date designated by the presiding judge; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 256, paragraph (3)) that has been recorded in the court's computer files, on the person who is required to appear; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該事件について出頭した者に対して期日の告知をする方法 art-94/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1/item-2 announcing the court date to a person who has appeared in connection with the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所書記官は、電子呼出状を作成したときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、これをファイルに記録しなければならない。 art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-2 Once a court clerk prepares an electronic writ of summons, they must record it in the court's computer files as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項各号に規定する方法以外の方法による期日の呼出しをしたときは、期日に出頭しない当事者、証人又は鑑定人に対し、法律上の制裁その他期日の不遵守による不利益を帰することができない。ただし、これらの者が期日の呼出しを受けた旨を記載した書面を提出したときは、この限りでない。 art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-3 If a summons to appear on a court date is effected other than by the means prescribed in the items of paragraph (1), a party, witness, or expert who does not appear on that court date may not be subjected to a legal sanction or other disadvantage for failure to keep the court date; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person submits a paper document indicating receipt of the summons to appear on that date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-94/par-1/item-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第二項 (Article 94, paragraph (2)), art-94/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-2 - art-94/par-1/item-1: 第二百五十六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十六条第三項 (Article 256, paragraph (3)), art-256/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3 - art-94/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-1 - 民事執行法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-2 - 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第一項第一号（期日の呼出し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第三項（期日の呼出し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十六条第三項（変更の判決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 附則第六条第一項（期日の呼出しに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-6/par-1 - 破産法 第十三条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十一条第一項（民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/par-1 --- ## 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