# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12) - 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（訴えの提起の手数料の納付等がない場合に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-12 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（訴えの提起の手数料の納付等がない場合に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Failure to Pay the Fees for Filing an Action, Etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-12 **第一項** 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百三十七条の二（第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百八十八条（第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百十三条（第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百三十一条において準用する場合を含む。）及び第三百三十一条において準用する場合を含む。）及び他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、訴えに係る事件であって施行日以後に提起されるもの及び施行日以後に開始される裁判手続に関する事件（訴えに係る事件を除く。）における民事訴訟費用等に関する法律に規定する手数料に係る納付命令並びに当該納付命令に違反したことを理由とする訴状、控訴状、上告状、抗告状その他申立書の却下について適用し、訴えに係る事件であって施行日前に提起されたもの及び施行日前に開始された裁判手続に関する事件（訴えに係る事件を除く。）における民事訴訟費用等に関する法律に規定する手数料に係る納付命令並びに当該納付命令に違反したことを理由とする訴状、控訴状、上告状、抗告状その他申立書の却下については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1 The provisions of Article 137-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 288 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 313 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 331 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) and as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 331 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) and other Acts) apply to an order to pay the fees prescribed in the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings and to the dismissal of a complaint, petition for appeal to the court of second instance, petition for a final appeal, petition for an appeal against a ruling or other written petition on the grounds of violation of that order to pay, in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date and in cases pertaining to court proceedings that commence on or after the Effective Date (excluding cases pertaining to an action), and the provisions then in force continue to govern an order to pay the fees prescribed in the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings and the dismissal of a complaint, petition for appeal to the court of second instance, petition for a final appeal, petition for an appeal against a ruling or other written petition on the grounds of violation of that order to pay, in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date and in cases pertaining to court proceedings that commenced before the Effective Date (excluding cases pertaining to an action). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百三十七条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二 (Article 137-2), art-137-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2 - suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百八十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十八条 (Article 288), art-288 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-288 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-288 - suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十三条 (Article 313), art-313 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-313 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-313 - suppl-5041-48/art-12/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第三百三十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十一条 (Article 331), art-331 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-331 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-331 --- ## 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-20261017T235501-008, 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