# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-108/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-2
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### 第二条（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-108/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の民事訴訟法の規定は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前の民事訴訟法の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。
<sup>suppl-4151-108/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by this Act also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except where these Supplementary Provisions specifically provide otherwise; provided, however, that this does not affect the effect that arose under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure prior to its amendment by this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-004, 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