Section 20 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Family Register Act
第二十節 戸籍法に規定する審判事件
第二百二十六条（管轄）
The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the family court which has jurisdiction over the places specified respectively in these items:
次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
an adjudication case for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (122)):the place of domicile of the petitioner;
氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） 申立人の住所地
an adjudication case for permission for the registration of an unregistered person (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (123)):the place where the unregistered person is to be registered;
就籍許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） 就籍しようとする地
an adjudication case for permission for a correction to a family register (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (124)):the place where the family register exists; and
戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） その戸籍のある地
an adjudication case of an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (125); the same applies in the following Article):the location of a city office (or a ward office in the case under the provisions of Article 122 of the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4 of the Act) or an office of a town or village.
戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の審判事件（別表第一の百二十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条において同じ。） 市役所（戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第四条において準用する同法第百二十二条の規定による場合にあっては、区役所）又は町村役場の所在地
Article 227Capacity to Participate in Proceedings
第二百二十七条（手続行為能力）
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who may file a petition for any of the adjudication cases prescribed in the Family Register Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (122) through (125)) in the adjudication cases; provided, however, that in an adjudication case for an appeal filed against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case, this only applies to a person who may themselves make a notification or perform any other act for which the disposition has been made.
Article 228Notice of Pendency of Cases
第二百二十八条（事件係属の通知）
When a petition for permission for a correction to a family register under the provisions of Article 113 of the Family Register Act is filed by a person other than the person who has made a notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, the family court must give notice to that effect to the person who has made the notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that this is required only when the name and domicile or residence of the person is known from the case record.
家庭裁判所は、戸籍法第百十三条の規定による戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てが当該戸籍の届出人又は届出事件の本人以外の者からされた場合には、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、当該届出人又は届出事件の本人に対し、その旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、事件の記録上これらの者の氏名及び住所又は居所が判明している場合に限る。
Article 229Hearings of Statements and Opinions
第二百二十九条（陳述及び意見の聴取）
When making a ruling of permission for the change of a surname or the kana reading of a surname, the family court must hear statements from a person (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older) who is in the same family register as the petitioner.
家庭裁判所は、氏又は氏の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判をする場合には、申立人と同一戸籍内にある者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。
When an appeal is filed against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality (including a special ward mayor; with respect to a designated city set forth in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), a ward mayor or administratively consolidated ward mayor; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) on a family register-related case, the family court must hear the opinion of the mayor of the municipality.
家庭裁判所は、戸籍事件についての市町村長（特別区の区長を含むものとし、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市にあっては、区長又は総合区長とする。以下この節において同じ。）の処分に対する不服の申立てがあった場合には、当該市町村長の意見を聴かなければならない。
第二百三十条（審判の告知等）
Notice of a ruling to dismiss an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case must be given to the mayor of the municipality, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを却下する審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、当該市町村長に告知しなければならない。
When a family court finds grounds for an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case, it must order the mayor of the municipality to make reasonable dispositions.
家庭裁判所は、戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを理由があると認めるときは、当該市町村長に対し、相当の処分を命じなければならない。
第二百三十一条（即時抗告）
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
a ruling of permission for the change of a surname or the kana reading of a surname:an interested party (excluding the petitioner);
氏又は氏の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判 利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name:the petitioner;
氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the registration of an unregistered person:the petitioner;
就籍許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling of permission for a correction of a family register:an interested party (excluding the petitioner);
戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判 利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for a correction to a family register:the petitioner;
戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling to order a mayor of municipality to make reasonable dispositions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article:the mayor of the municipality; and
前条第二項の規定による市町村長に相当の処分を命ずる審判 当該市町村長
a ruling to dismiss an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case:the petitioner.
戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
family register
戸籍
The public record of who a person is related to by birth, marriage and adoption. One is made for each married couple and their children who share their surname, where they set their registered domicile (本籍); when a new register is made for a person married to a foreign national (外国人) or with no spouse, it is made for that person and their children who share their surname (Family Register Act, Article 6). The mayor of the municipality (in Tokyo's special wards and the wards of designated cities, the ward mayor) administers this work unless the Act provides otherwise (Articles 1 and 4). Besides the registered domicile, it records for each person their name and its reading, date of birth, why and when they entered the register, their parents and, for an adopted child, their adoptive parents, whether they are husband and wife, and the register they came from, among other things (Article 13). Entries are made on a notification (届出) — of a birth, a marriage, a divorce or a death, for example (Articles 49, 74, 76 and 86) — or on a report, an application, a court decision and a few other grounds (Article 15). When a marriage between a Japanese national and a foreign national is notified, a new family register is made for the Japanese national, not for the couple, unless the Japanese national already heads a register of their own (Article 6 and Article 16, paragraph (3)). A foreign national who lives in a municipality as a mid- to long-term resident (中長期在留者), a special permanent resident (特別永住者) or in one of a few other categories is recorded in that municipality's resident record (住民票): instead of the family register entry a Japanese resident's record carries, it states their nationality, and for a mid- to long-term resident their status of residence (在留資格) and period of stay (Residential Basic Book Act, Article 30-45). A foreign national in none of those categories is not recorded there (Article 39).
Written by AI using Family Register Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6, 13, 15, 16, 49, 74, 76, 86 and Residential Basic Book Act, Arts. 7, 30-45, 39 as a reference.
special ward
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government in its own right: it does, in general, the work a city, town or village (市町村) does elsewhere, apart from what the metropolis does across all the wards as one (Article 281-2, paragraph (2)). Where a law or order gives a city (市) work to do, its provisions on that work also apply to a special ward, for the work the ward does (Article 281, paragraph (2), and Article 283, paragraph (2)); a Cabinet Order (政令) can make special rules where they cannot apply as they stand (Article 283, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.