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Section 21 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Act on Special Cases in Handling Gender Status for Persons with Gender Identity Disorder
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An adjudication case for a change in the handling of gender (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (126); the same applies in the following paragraph) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the petitioner.
性別の取扱いの変更の審判事件（別表第一の百二十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次項において同じ。）は、申立人の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a petitioner in an adjudication case for the change in handling of gender.
第百十八条の規定は、性別の取扱いの変更の審判事件における申立人について準用する。
A person who has filed a petition for a change in the handling of gender may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the petition.
性別の取扱いの変更の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。