Its wordings
Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (ii)
第三条の七第一項第二号
Each amendment that changed this provision, and each that will, oldest first. Each is shown against the wording just before it; where an amendment gives the provision another number, it is followed under the new one. Read it as it stands today
In force today
the case is based on the petition of the natural parents of the adopted child or a public prosecutor, and the adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown);
養子の実父母又は検察官からの申立てであって、養子の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。
- Not yet in force Act No. 45 of 2026 Moved to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (ii); its words stay the same