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by 13 June 2028, on a day set by

Family Register Act

戸籍法（こせきほう）

Amended by

Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts to Promote the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Civil Procedures, etc.

民事関係手続等における情報通信技術の活用等の推進を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律

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On a day set by , no later than 13 June 2028 — the amending law allows up to five years from . The exact day is not fixed yet.

The same amending law also changes

7 provisions changed

Each provision the amendment changes, before and after in one: words it removes are struck through, words it adds are highlighted. The Japanese is the law; the icon beside each English column says whose English it is.

Article 38第三十八条

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  • ChangedArticle 38, paragraph (2)

    If a judicial decision needs to be rendered or a government agency needs to give its permission in relation to an event under notification, a written notification must be accompanied by a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision, or a transcript of the permit.

    届出事件について裁判又は官庁の許可を必要とするときは、届書に裁判の謄本若しくは裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したもの又は許可書の謄本を添付しなければならない。

Article 63第六十三条

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  • ChangedArticle 63, paragraph (1)

    When a judicial decision of filiation has become final and binding, the person who filed the action must submit a notification to that effect within ten days from the day on which the judicial decision became final and binding, together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision. The date that the judicial decision became final and binding must be entered in the written notification.

    認知の裁判が確定したときは、訴えを提起した者は、裁判が確定した日から十日以内に、裁判の謄本を添附又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、その旨を届け出なければならない。その届書には、裁判が確定した日を記載しなければならない。

  • ChangedArticle 63, paragraph (2)

    If the person who filed the action does not submit a notification under the preceding paragraph, the other party of the case may submit a notification to the effect that a judicial decision of filiation has become final and binding, together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of the relevant paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

    訴えを提起した者が前項の規定による届出をしないときは、その相手方は、裁判の謄本又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、認知の裁判が確定した旨を届け出ることができる。この場合には、同項後段の規定を準用する。

Article 111第百十一条

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  • ChangedArticle 111, paragraph (1)

    The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a notification for the registration of an unregistered person is required to be made based on a final and binding judgment. In this case, the written notification must be accompanied by a transcript of the judgment or a document stating the details of the judgment for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision.

    前条の規定は、確定判決によつて就籍の届出をすべき場合にこれを準用する。この場合には、判決の謄本を又は判決の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該判決の内容と同一であることを証明したものを届書に添附付しなければならない。

Article 115第百十五条

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  • ChangedArticle 115, paragraph (1)

    If a judicial decision granting the permission referred to in the preceding two Articles has been rendered, the relevant person must file an application for correction of the family register together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision, within one month.

    前二条の許可の裁判があつたときは、一箇月以内に、その謄本を添附又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、戸籍の訂正を申請しなければならない。

Article 116第百十六条

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  • ChangedArticle 116, paragraph (1)

    If correction of a family register is required to be made based on a final and binding judgment, the person who filed the action must file an application for correction of the family register together with a transcript of the judgment or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judgment, within one month from the day on which the judgment has become final and binding.

    確定判決によつて戸籍の訂正をすべきときは、訴えを提起した者は、判決が確定した日から一箇月以内に、判決の謄本を添附又は判決の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該判決の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、戸籍の訂正を申請しなければならない。

  • ChangedArticle 116, paragraph (2)

    If a public prosecutor filed the action, they must request correction of the family register without delay after the judgment has become final and binding.

    検察官が訴えを提起した場合には、判決が確定した後に、遅滞なく戸籍の訂正を請求しなければならない。