Article 19Exclusion from Application of the Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
第十九条（民事訴訟法の規定の適用除外）
The provisions of Article 157 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 157-2, Article 159, paragraph (1), Article 207, paragraph (2), Article 208, Article 224, Article 229, paragraph (4), and Article 244 of that Code, as well as the part of the provisions of Article 179 of that Code concerning facts admitted by a party in court, do not apply to court proceedings in personal status litigation.
人事訴訟の訴訟手続においては、民事訴訟法第百五十七条、第百五十七条の二、第百五十九条第一項、第二百七条第二項、第二百八条、第二百二十四条、第二百二十九条第四項及び第二百四十四条の規定並びに同法第百七十九条の規定中裁判所において当事者が自白した事実に関する部分は、適用しない。
The provisions of Articles 266 through 267-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the subject matter of the action in personal status litigation.
人事訴訟における訴訟の目的については、民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二までの規定は、適用しない。
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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