# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17)（判決の言渡しの方式等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十七条（判決の言渡しの方式等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Formalities of the Rendition of Judgment, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条から第二百五十五条まで、第二百五十六条第三項及び第二百八十条の規定は、訴えに係る事件であって施行日以後に提起されるものにおける判決の言渡しの方式、電子判決書への記録事項、電子判決書に基づかない判決の言渡し、電子判決書及び電子判決書の作成に代わる電子調書の送達、変更の判決に係る言渡期日の呼出し並びに簡易裁判所の事件に係る電子判決書への記録事項について適用し、訴えに係る事件であって施行日前に提起されたものにおける判決の言渡しの方式、判決書の記載事項、判決書の原本に基づかない判決の言渡し、判決書及び判決書の作成に代えて記載される調書の送達、変更の判決に係る言渡期日の呼出し並びに簡易裁判所の事件に係る判決書の記載事項については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 252 through 255, Article 256, paragraph (3) and Article 280 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the formalities of the rendition of judgment, the matters to be recorded in an electronic judgment, the rendition of judgment not based on an electronic judgment, the service of an electronic judgment and of an electronic record made in lieu of preparing an electronic judgment, the summons to the date for rendition of a judgment for modification, and the matters to be recorded in an electronic judgment in cases of a summary court, in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the formalities of the rendition of judgment, the matters to be stated in a written judgment, the rendition of judgment not based on the original of a written judgment, the service of a written judgment and of a record entered in lieu of preparing a written judgment, the summons to the date for rendition of a judgment for modification, and the matters to be stated in a written judgment in cases of a summary court, in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date.
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**第二項**  第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百二十二条において準用する第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条及び第二百五十三条の規定は、第二条改正後事件における電子決定書（第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百二十二条において準用する第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条第一項の規定により作成される電磁的記録をいう。）の作成について適用し、第二条改正前事件における決定書の作成については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Articles 252 and 253 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the preparation of an electronic ruling (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared pursuant to the provisions of Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) in cases after the Article 2 amendment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the preparation of a written ruling in cases before the Article 2 amendment.
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## Cites
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条から第二百五十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条 (Article 252), art-252 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条から第二百五十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条 (Article 253), art-253 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条から第二百五十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十四条 (Article 254), art-254 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-254
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条から第二百五十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十五条 (Article 255), art-255 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-255 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-255
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-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
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-1: 第二百八十条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十条 (Article 280), art-280 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-280 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-280
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第百二十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-122
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条 (Article 252), art-252 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2: 第二百五十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条 (Article 253), art-253 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253
- suppl-5041-48/art-17/par-2: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第二百五十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条第一項 (Article 252, paragraph (1)), art-252/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事訴訟法 附則第二条第一項（訴訟費用額の確定手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-2/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-20261017T235501-009, 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
