Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Personal Status Litigation Act
第二条（人事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
The provisions of Articles 3-2 through 3-5 of the Personal Status Litigation Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Personal Status Litigation Act" in this Article) do not apply to the jurisdiction of Japanese courts over litigation that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect.
第一条の規定による改正後の人事訴訟法（以下この条において「新人事訴訟法」という。）第三条の二から第三条の五までの規定は、この法律の施行の際現に係属している訴訟の日本の裁判所の管轄権については、適用しない。
The provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the New Personal Status Litigation Act do not apply to an amendment of a claim or the filing of a counterclaim made before this Act comes into effect.
新人事訴訟法第十八条第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律の施行前にした請求の変更及び反訴の提起については、適用しない。
With regard to the exclusion from application of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) concerning the jurisdiction of Japanese courts in personal status litigation that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the New Personal Status Litigation Act.
この法律の施行の際現に係属している人事訴訟についての民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）の日本の裁判所の管轄権の規定の適用除外については、新人事訴訟法第二十九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
With regard to jurisdiction over a case involving an order for provisional remedies in which personal status litigation that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect constitutes the merits of the case, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30 of the New Personal Status Litigation Act.
この法律の施行の際現に係属している人事訴訟を本案とする保全命令事件の管轄については、新人事訴訟法第三十条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
personal status litigation
「人事訴訟」
Litigation on a personal status action (人事に関する訴え): an action through which a person seeks to form a personal status relationship (身分関係) or a declaration whether one exists, such as an action to nullify or rescind a marriage, an action for divorce, an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, an action for filiation, an action to nullify or rescind an adoption, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
New Personal Status Litigation Actmachine translation
「新人事訴訟法」
This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 20 of 2018.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article