In personal status litigation, if the court will examine a party, the court may order the party to appear on a court date.
人事訴訟においては、裁判所は、当事者本人を尋問する場合には、その当事者に対し、期日に出頭することを命ずることができる。
The provisions of Articles 192 through 194 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis if a party ordered to appear pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not appear without a legitimate reason.
民事訴訟法第百九十二条から第百九十四条までの規定は、前項の規定により出頭を命じられた当事者が正当な理由なく出頭しない場合について準用する。
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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