①A decision on a petition for a protection order must contain the reasons therefor; however, if the decision is reached without oral arguments, it is sufficient to indicate the gist of the reasons.

②A protection order becomes effective when the written decision is delivered to the opposite party or when the decision has been rendered on the date of oral arguments or a hearing which the opposite party attended.

③When a protection order has been issued, the court clerk is to promptly notify the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department or the chief of the prefectural police headquarters with jurisdiction over the domicile or residence of the petitioner of this fact and the details thereof.

④If a protection order has been issued, and it is known that the petitioner has received counseling or requested assistance or protection from personnel at a spousal violence counseling and support center, and the written petition contains the matters set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1), items (v), (a) through (d) or Article 12, paragraph (2), items (iii), (a) through (d) pertaining to the relevant facts, the court clerk is to promptly notify the chief of the spousal violence counseling and support center whose name is stated in the written petition (if the names of two or more spousal violence counseling and support centers are stated in the written petition, the one where the petitioner most recently received counseling or requested assistance or protection from the personnel) of the fact that the protection order has been issued and the details thereof.

⑤A protection order is not enforceable.

①An immediate appeal may be lodged against a judicial decision on a petition for a protection order.

②An immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph has no impact on the validity of the protection order.

③When an immediate appeal against a ruling has been lodged, a court in charge of an appeal may order, upon a petition, the suspension of the validity of the protection order until the judicial decision on the immediate appeal against a ruling becomes effective only if a prima facie showing is made with regard to circumstances that are clearly grounds for revocation of the protection order. The court of prior instance may also order this disposition if the case records are still in its possession.

④When ordering the suspension of the validity of a stay-away order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court must also order the suspension of the validity of any order issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (2) through (4).

⑤No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

⑥When revoking a stay-away order, the court in charge of an appeal must also revoke any order issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (2) through (4).

⑦Regarding a protection order for which a notification under paragraph (4) of the preceding Article has been made, if the court has ordered the suspension of the validity of the order or the court in charge of an appeal has revoked the order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or (4), the court clerk is to promptly notify the chief of the spousal violence counseling and support center to which the notification was made of this fact and the details thereof.

⑧The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) and when the court in charge of an appeal has revoked a protection order.

①A court that has issued a protection order must revoke the order when the person who petitioned for the order has filed a petition for its revocation; the same applies if the person subject to a protection order files a petition for the revocation of the order and the court confirms that the person who petitioned for the order does not object, on or after the day on which three months have elapsed from the day on which the stay-away order became effective in the case of a stay-away order or an order under the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (2) through (4), or on or after the day two weeks have elapsed from the day on which the eviction order became effective in the case of an eviction order.

②The provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the court that issued a stay-away order revokes the stay-away order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

③A person subject to a paragraph (3) order may file a petition for revocation of the paragraph (3) order with the court that issued the paragraph (3) order on the grounds that a requirement prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (3) is no longer being met on or after the day on which six months have elapsed from the day on which the stay-away order became effective or the day on which three months have elapsed from the day on which the paragraph (3) order became effective, whichever comes later.

④When rendering a judicial decision on the revocation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must hear the opinion of the person who filed the paragraph (3) order pertaining to the revocation.

⑤An immediate appeal may be lodged against a judicial decision on a petition for revocation referred to in paragraph (3).

⑥A judicial decision on the revocation referred to in paragraph (3) does not become effective until it becomes final and binding.

⑦The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) and paragraph (7) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3).

①When an eviction order has been issued and a subsequent petition is filed for an eviction order on the same grounds of physical violence or life-threatening intimidation, etc. as for the petition for the issued eviction order, the court is to issue the subsequent eviction order only where the victim who intends to move from the residence where the victim and spouse share a principal place of daily activity is unable to complete the move within the term of the issued order due to grounds not attributable to the victim, or where there are other circumstances that cause the court to find it necessary to issue another eviction order; however, the court may choose not to issue the eviction order if it finds that issuing the eviction order would cause extreme hindrance to the spouse's daily life.

②With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 12 to cases of filing a subsequent petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the term "matters" in the main clause in the parts other than the items of Article 12, paragraph (2) is deemed replaced with "matters and the circumstances referred to in the main clause of Article 18, paragraph (1)", "the matters" in Article 12, paragraph (2), item (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "the matters and the circumstances referred to in the main clause of Article 18, paragraph (1)", and " the matters" in Article 12, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "the matters and the circumstances referred to in the main clause of Article 18, paragraph (1)".

With regard to procedures concerning a protection order, the party may submit a request to the court clerk for the inspection or a copy of case records, the delivery of case records or a transcript or extract thereof, or the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning the case; however, this does not apply to the opposite party until the date for oral arguments or a hearing summoning the opposite party with regard to the petition for the protection order has been designated or until the protection order has been served to the opposite party.

Beyond what is provided for in this Act, any matters necessary for procedures concerning a protection order are provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court.