# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（電子情報処理組織を用いて取り扱う督促手続の特則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-152/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-5
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### 第五条（電子情報処理組織を用いて取り扱う督促手続の特則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Provisions on Demand Procedures That Are Handled Using Electronic Data Processing Systems
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正前の民事訴訟法（以下「旧民事訴訟法」という。）第三百九十七条第一項及び第二項の規定によりされた支払督促の申立てについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-5/par-1</sup>
With regard to an application for a demand for payment made pursuant to the provisions of Article 397, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to below as the "Former Code of Civil Procedure"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261017T235501-006, 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