# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 23)

- 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: 第二十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 23)（督促手続に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4081-109/art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-23
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### 第二十三条（督促手続に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Demand Procedures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4081-109/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-23</sup>

**第一項**  新法の施行前にした支払命令の申立てに係る督促手続に関しては、送達に関する事項及び附則第二十一条に定める事項を除き、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4081-109/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-23/par-1</sup>
With regard to demand procedures involving a petition for a payment order filed before the New Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, except for matters concerning service and the matters provided for in Article 21 of the Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4081-109/art-23/par-1: 附則第二十一条 → 民事訴訟法 附則第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21), suppl-4081-109/art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-21

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 附則第二十六条第一項（最高裁判所規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4081-109/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4081-109/art-26/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-003, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
