Chapter II Spousal Violence Counseling and Support Centers
第二章 配偶者暴力相談支援センター等
Article 3Spousal Violence Counseling and Support Centers
第三条（配偶者暴力相談支援センター）
Prefectures are to ensure that women's counseling and support centers and other appropriate facilities they have established function as spousal violence counseling and support centers.
都道府県は、当該都道府県が設置する女性相談支援センターその他の適切な施設において、当該各施設が配偶者暴力相談支援センターとしての機能を果たすようにするものとする。
Municipalities are to endeavor to ensure that appropriate facilities they have established function as spousal violence counseling and support centers.
市町村は、当該市町村が設置する適切な施設において、当該各施設が配偶者暴力相談支援センターとしての機能を果たすようにするよう努めるものとする。
In order to prevent spousal violence and protect victims, spousal violence counseling and support centers are to undertake the following activities:
providing victims with counseling regarding the various problems affecting them or introducing them to women's counseling and support officers or organizations that provide the counseling;
被害者に関する各般の問題について、相談に応ずること又は女性相談支援員若しくは相談を行う機関を紹介すること。
providing victims with medical or psychological guidance or other required guidance in order to help them with their psychological and physical recovery;
被害者の心身の健康を回復させるため、医学的又は心理学的な指導その他の必要な指導を行うこと。
securing safety in an emergency and providing temporary protection for victims (when a victim is accompanied by family members, for the family members as well as the victim; the same applies in the following item, item (vi), Article 5, Article 8-3, and Article 9);
providing information, advice, and liaison and coordination with relevant organizations, as well as other forms of assistance, concerning measures including employment promotion, housing procurement, and the use of systems for social assistance in order to facilitate independent living for victims;
被害者が自立して生活することを促進するため、就業の促進、住宅の確保、援護等に関する制度の利用等について、情報の提供、助言、関係機関との連絡調整その他の援助を行うこと。
providing information, advice, and liaison with relevant organizations, as well as other forms of assistance concerning the use of the protection order system prescribed in Chapter IV; and
第四章に定める保護命令の制度の利用について、情報の提供、助言、関係機関への連絡その他の援助を行うこと。
providing information, advice, and liaison and coordination with relevant organizations, as well as other forms of assistance concerning the use of facilities for housing and protecting victims.
被害者を居住させ保護する施設の利用について、情報の提供、助言、関係機関との連絡調整その他の援助を行うこと。
Temporary protection referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph is to be provided directly by women's counseling and support centers or entrusted to parties that meet criteria specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
前項第三号の一時保護は、女性相談支援センターが、自ら行い、又は厚生労働大臣が定める基準を満たす者に委託して行うものとする。
Parties currently or previously entrusted under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or their current or former officers or employees must not divulge any secret learned in the course of those entrusted duties, without legitimate grounds for doing so.
前項の規定による委託を受けた者若しくはその役員若しくは職員又はこれらの者であった者は、正当な理由がなく、その委託を受けた業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
In performing their duties, spousal violence counseling and support centers are to endeavor to collaborate, as required, with private-sector organizations that are engaged in activities to prevent spousal violence and protect victims.
Article 4Counseling by Women's Counseling and Support Officers
第四条（女性相談支援員による相談等）
Article 5Protection at Women's Self-support Facilities
第五条（女性自立支援施設における保護）
第五条の二（協議会）
Prefectures must endeavor, either independently or jointly, to organize councils comprised of relevant organizations, relevant groups, persons engaged in professional duties for the prevention of spousal violence and the protection of victims, and other relevant persons (referred to as "relevant organizations, etc." in paragraph (5)) with the aim of preventing spousal violence and protecting victims (hereinafter "councils").
Municipalities may organize councils, either independently or jointly.
市町村は、単独で又は共同して、協議会を組織することができる。
When a council is organized, the local public entity must make a public announcement to that effect pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
協議会が組織されたときは、当該地方公共団体は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を公表しなければならない。
When a council finds it necessary for sharing information or deliberating as prescribed in paragraph (3), it may ask relevant organizations, etc. to provide materials or information, present opinions, or provide other necessary cooperation.
Article 5-3Duty of Confidentiality
第五条の三（秘密保持義務）
Article 5-4Matters Prescribed by Councils
第五条の四（協議会の定める事項）
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, councils are to prescribe necessary matters concerning their organization and operation.