第三条の二(不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件の管轄権)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of the property of an absentee (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (55); the same applies in Article 145) if the property of the absentee exists in Japan.
裁判所は、不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件(別表第一の五十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百四十五条において同じ。)について、不在者の財産が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。
Article 3-3Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Revocation of Declaration of Presumed Death
第三条の三(失踪の宣告の取消しの審判事件の管轄権)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for revocation of the declaration of presumed death (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (57); the same applies in Article 149, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
a case of presumed death has been adjudicated and declared in Japan;
日本において失踪の宣告の審判があったとき。
the absentee is domiciled in Japan or the absentee has Japanese nationality; or
失踪者の住所が日本国内にあるとき又は失踪者が日本の国籍を有するとき。
the absentee was domiciled in Japan or had Japanese nationality at the latest point in time when the absentee was found to be alive.
失踪者が生存していたと認められる最後の時点において、失踪者が日本国内に住所を有していたとき又は日本の国籍を有していたとき。
第三条の四(嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-5, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (59); the same applies in Article 159, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if a Japanese court has jurisdiction over the action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock.
Article 3-5Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission to Adopt
第三条の五(養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-6, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission to adopt (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (61); the same applies in Article 161, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (61-2) of that table; the same applies in Article 161-2) and an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (63) of that table; the same applies in Article 164) (including an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4))) if a person who is to adopt another person or a person who is to be adopted is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person has no domicile or the person's domicile is unknown).
裁判所は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件(別表第一の六十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条第一項及び第二項において同じ。)、養子縁組の承諾をするについての同意に代わる許可の審判事件(同表の六十一の二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条の二において同じ。)及び特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件(同表の六十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条において同じ。)(特別養子適格の確認の審判事件(同条第二項に規定する特別養子適格の確認についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条の二第二項及び第四項において同じ。)を含む。)について、養親となるべき者又は養子となるべき者の住所(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は、管轄権を有する。
第三条の六(死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (62); the same applies in Article 162, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (i) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parent or adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown);
養親又は養子の住所(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。
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (ii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parent or adopted child was domiciled in Japan at the time of death; or
養親又は養子がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (iii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
either the adoptive parent or the adopted child has Japanese nationality, and the other party had Japanese nationality at the time of death.
養親又は養子の一方が日本の国籍を有する場合であって、他の一方がその死亡の時に日本の国籍を有していたとき。
Article 3-7Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Dissolution of Special Adoptions
第三条の七(特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (64); the same applies hereinafter) if the case falls under any of the following items:
裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件(別表第一の六十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。)について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (i) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parents are domiciled in Japan (or reside in Japan if they are without a domicile or of domicile unknown);
養親の住所(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。
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (ii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
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。
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (iii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parents and the adopted child have Japanese nationality;
養親及び養子が日本の国籍を有するとき。
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (iv) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan, and the adoptive parents and the adopted child were last domiciled together in Japan; or
日本国内に住所がある養子からの申立てであって、養親及び養子が最後の共通の住所を日本国内に有していたとき。
Moves to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (v) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan and the adoptive parents' whereabouts are unknown, or when the final and binding decision in an adoption dissolution action obtained in the country where the adoptive parents were domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the adoptive parents and the adopted child or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings.
日本国内に住所がある養子からの申立てであって、養親が行方不明であるとき、養親の住所がある国においてされた離縁に係る確定した裁判が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが養親と養子との間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。
Article 3-8Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Parental Authority
第三条の八(親権に関する審判事件等の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-9, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding parental authority (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (65) through (69) and in Appended Table 2, rows (7) through (8-2); the same applies in Article 167), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (3) of that table; hereinafter the same applies) (excluding an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), and an adjudication case for the loss of the right to manage assets upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against a person who exercises parental authority (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (132); the same applies in Article 242, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)) if the child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown).
裁判所は、親権に関する審判事件(別表第一の六十五の項から六十九の項まで及び別表第二の七の項から八の二の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十七条において同じ。)、子の監護に関する処分の審判事件(同表の三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。)(子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件を除く。)及び親権を行う者につき破産手続が開始された場合における管理権喪失の審判事件(別表第一の百三十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百四十二条第一項第二号及び第三項において同じ。)について、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は、管轄権を有する。
第三条の九(養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件等の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-10, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor ward, etc. has Japanese nationality.
第三条の十(夫婦、親子その他の親族関係から生ずる扶養の義務に関する審判事件の管轄権)
Moves to Article 3-11, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding the duty to support arising from family relationships such as the relationship between a husband and wife or between parents and their child (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (84) and (85) and Appended Table 2, rows (1) through (3), (9), and (10) (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (3), limited to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child)) if a person under a duty to support (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (84), a person who is to be a person under a duty to support) who is not the petitioner or a person entitled to support (in an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child, the person who has custody of the child, or the child) is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person or child has no domicile or the person's or child's domicile is unknown).
裁判所は、夫婦、親子その他の親族関係から生ずる扶養の義務に関する審判事件(別表第一の八十四の項及び八十五の項並びに別表第二の一の項から三の項まで、九の項及び十の項の事項についての審判事件(同表の三の項の事項についての審判事件にあっては、子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件に限る。)をいう。)について、扶養義務者(別表第一の八十四の項の事項についての審判事件にあっては、扶養義務者となるべき者)であって申立人でないもの又は扶養権利者(子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件にあっては、子の監護者又は子)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は、管轄権を有する。
adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to give the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (特別養子適格の確認) under Article 164, paragraph (2): that a child who is to be adopted meets the Civil Code's requirements for a special adoption (特別養子縁組).
Defined inArticle 3-5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4)
adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to dissolve a special adoption (特別養子縁組), the matter in row 64 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 3-7, paragraph (1)
person who is to be a minor ward, etc.
「未成年被後見人となるべき者等」
In Article 3-9, a minor ward (未成年被後見人), or a person who is to become one, in a case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor, on whose domicile, residence or Japanese nationality the jurisdiction of the Japanese courts depends.
Short name set inArticle 3-9, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認」
In Articles 164 and 164-2, the family court's confirmation that a child who is to be adopted meets the requirement of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code (the consent of the child's parents, with its exceptions) and that care of the child by the parents is extremely difficult or inappropriate or there are other special circumstances, as Article 817-7 of that Code describes.
Defined inArticle 164, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article and in Article 164-2
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.