Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

The provisions of Articles 132-10, 132-11 and 132-12 (excluding the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (i)) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a petition or other statement in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (referred to as "petition, etc." in the following paragraph and the following Article). In this case: the term "service" in Article 132-10, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 132-12, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service or transmission"; in Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code, the phrase "the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act"; in item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "Article 2" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 2 of the Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9"; and in Article 132-12, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Code, the phrase "a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document that has been used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act has been made", the phrase "the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "a judicial decision setting aside a ruling", and the phrase "the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred".

The provisions of Article 132-13 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the parts pertaining to items (i) and (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the recording in a file of the matters stated or recorded in a paper document, etc. (meaning a written document, document, writing, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, or copy, or any other tangible object such as paper on which information that can be recognized by human perception, such as characters or diagrams, is recorded; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding a paper document, etc. where a petition, etc. was filed by means of a paper document, etc.) submitted to the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (excluding adjudication cases concerning the matters listed in Appended Table 1 (including cases for a provisional order prior to rulings as prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (1) concerning the matters listed in that table) that are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court), or in a recording medium on which an electronic or magnetic record is recorded. In this case, in item (iv) of that Article, the phrase "a ruling under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", and the phrase "the information detailed in the paper documents connected with that ruling, or in recording media containing the electronic or magnetic records connected with that ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred, detailed in the paper documents or the recording media".