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Personal Status Litigation Act

人事訴訟法（じんじそしょうほう）

Amended by

Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc.

民法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律

The whole text as amended, on e-Gov

The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.

The same amending law also changes

4 provisions changed · 2 provisions in the supplementary provisions

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Article 3-4 · (Jurisdiction Over Cases Involving Judicial Decisions to Settle Matters Related to Child Custody)第三条の四（子の監護に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件等の管轄権）

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  • ChangedArticle 3-4, paragraph (2)

    If a Japanese court has jurisdiction over an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision to referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) to settle matters related to the distribution of property under Article 32, paragraph (1), , if that case falls under any of the items of Article 3-123-13 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011).

    裁判所は、日本の裁判所が婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えについて管轄権を有する場合において、家事事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十二号）第三条の十二第三条の十三各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第三十二条第一項の財産の分与に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件について、管轄権を有する。

Article 13 · (Capacity to Sue or Be Sued in Personal Status Litigation)第十三条（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等）

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  • ChangedArticle 13, paragraph (1)

    The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Civil Code and of Article 9, and Article 13, and Article 1710, paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Code, as well as the provisions of Article 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 32, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (4) of that Code) and Article 32, paragraph (2) of that Code do not apply to procedural acts in personal status litigation proceedings.

    人事訴訟の訴訟手続における訴訟行為については、民法第五条第一項及び第二項、第九条、第十三条並びに第十七条並びに第十条第二項及び第三項並びに民事訴訟法第三十一条並びに第三十二条第一項（同法第四十条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第二項の規定は、適用しない。

Article 14第十四条

2 reworded
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  • ChangedArticle 14, paragraph (1)

    If a person who is to be the plaintiff or defendant in a personal status action is an adult ward, the guardian a person who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant, the specified assistant may sue or be sued in theirthe stead of the person who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant provided, however, that this does not apply if the guardianspecified assistant is the other party to the litigation connected with that action.

    人事に関する訴えの原告又は被告となるべき者が成年被後見人であるときは、その成年後見人は、成年被後見人のた特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者であるときは、その特定補助人は、特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。ただし、その成年後見特定補助人が当該訴えに係る訴訟の相手方となるときは、この限りでない。

  • ChangedArticle 14, paragraph (2)

    In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the adult guardianshipassistant supervisor may sue or be sued instead of the adult wardperson who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant.

    前項ただし書の場合には、成年後見補助監督人が、成年被後見人特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。

2 changes in the supplementary provisions (附則)

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2 · Transitional Measures concerning Adult Wards, etc.附則第二条（成年被後見人等に関する経過措置）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)

    With regard to an adult ward, a guardian and an adult guardianship supervisor prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act with respect to whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, and a person under curatorship, a curator and a curator supervisor prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act with respect to whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (including where those provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts).

    民法等改正法附則第二条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する成年被後見人、成年後見人及び成年後見監督人並びに民法等改正法附則第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する被保佐人、保佐人及び保佐監督人については、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定（これらの規定を他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4 · Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions附則第四条（罰則に関する経過措置）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)

    With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) or Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

    この法律の施行前にした行為及び民法等改正法附則第二条第一項又は第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。