Article 38-2

The provisions of Article 133, Article 133-2, paragraph (1), and Article 133-4, paragraphs (1) through (3), paragraph (4) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), and paragraphs (5) through (7) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a petition, etc. in proceedings of domestic relations cases. In this case: in Article 133, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "party" is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor (meaning an interested party intervenor prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (7) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1) of the Act); the same applies in Article 133-4, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7)) or a person other than those persons who is to be subject to adjudication (meaning a person who is to be subject to adjudication as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act)"; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "case record or filing records (meaning a case record or the records of a case in which there has been a petition for a disposition as referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1); the same applies in this Chapter)" is deemed to be replaced with "the records of a domestic relations case", and the phrase "access to a case record or filing records means access to a case record, access to a hard-copy record of a disposition on the collection of evidence, or access to an electronic or magnetic record of a disposition on the collection of evidence; the same applies in this Chapter" is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying of the records, or the issuance of a transcript or extract thereof"; in Article 133-2, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "access to a part of a case records or filing records containing information indicated in an anonymity notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of a transcript or extract of, a part of the records containing information indicated in an anonymity notification"; in Article 133-4, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "A person other than one subject to an anonymity ruling, a ruling under Article 133-2, paragraph (2), or a ruling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as 'anonymity ruling or similar measures' in the following paragraph and paragraph (7)) may file a petition with the court where the case records or filing records" is deemed to be replaced with "A party or interested party intervenor other than one subject to an anonymity ruling (excluding one pertaining to proceedings for mediation of domestic relations regarding matters other than those prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act and one pertaining to proceedings for a case subject to examination and recommendation under Article 289, paragraph (1) of the Act (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article); the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (4), item (i) and paragraph (7)) may file a petition with the court where the records of the case pertaining to that anonymity ruling"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "even if an anonymity ruling or similar measures are in place, a party other than the person covered by the ruling or measures" is deemed to be replaced with "even if an anonymity ruling is in place, a party or interested party intervenor other than the person covered by the ruling", the phrase "the case records or filing records are kept" is deemed to be replaced with "the records of the case referred to in the preceding paragraph are kept", and the phrase "access to a part of the case records or filing records that is restricted" is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract, or reproduction of a part of the records that is restricted"; in paragraph (4), item (i) of that Article, the phrase "an anonymity ruling or a ruling under Article 133-2, paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "an anonymity ruling"; and in paragraph (7) of that Article, the phrase "the party petitioning for permission" is deemed to be replaced with "the party or interested party intervenor petitioning for permission", and the phrase "the person covered by the anonymity ruling or similar measures" is deemed to be replaced with "the person covered by the anonymity ruling".