# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（担保権利者に対する権利を行使すべき旨の催告に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三条（担保権利者に対する権利を行使すべき旨の催告に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Requests to Security Interest Holders to Exercise Their Rights
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<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に第二条の規定による改正前の民事訴訟法（以下「第二条改正前民事訴訟法」という。）第七十九条第三項（民事訴訟法第二百五十九条第六項、第三百七十六条第二項若しくは第四百五条第二項又は他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によりされた裁判所による催告は、施行日以後は、第二条改正後民事訴訟法第七十九条第三項（民事訴訟法第二百五十九条第六項、第三百七十六条第二項若しくは第四百五条第二項又は他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によりされた裁判所書記官による催告とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1</sup>
A request made by the court before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 79, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure as it was before amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Code of Civil Procedure Before the Article 2 Amendment") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 259, paragraph (6), Article 376, paragraph (2) or Article 405, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure or other Acts) is, on or after the Effective Date, deemed to be a request made by a court clerk pursuant to the provisions of Article 79, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 259, paragraph (6), Article 376, paragraph (2) or Article 405, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure or other Acts).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1: 民事訴訟法第二百五十九条第六項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第六項 (Article 259, paragraph (6)), art-259/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-6
- suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1: 第三百七十六条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百七十六条第二項 (Article 376, paragraph (2)), art-376/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-376/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-376/par-2
- suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1: 第四百五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百五条第二項 (Article 405, paragraph (2)), art-405/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-405/par-2
- suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1: 第二条改正後民事訴訟法第七十九条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十九条第三項 (Article 79, paragraph (3)), art-79/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-79/par-3

## 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-20261017T235501-008, 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
