Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") comes into effect as of the day of enforcement of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act.
この法律（以下「新法」という。）は、非訟事件手続法の施行の日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Principles of Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置の原則）
The New Act applies to procedures for domestic relations cases other than cases prescribed in Article 4 of the Act on the Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to the Enforcement of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 53 of 2011; referred to as the "Arrangement Act" in the following Article).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Provisions on Assurance of Performance
第三条（履行の確保に関する規定に関する経過措置）
Where a ruling imposing an obligation or other judicial decision, mediation or ruling in lieu of mediation under the provisions of the Domestic Relations Adjudication Act (Act No. 152 of 1947) prior to its abolition under Article 3 of the Arrangement Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article), or a measure prior to mediation prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Former Act (including such a measure in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 4 of the Arrangement Act; hereinafter referred to as a "ruling imposing an obligation, etc." in this Article) has been made, the provisions of Article 289 and Article 290 apply by deeming the ruling imposing an obligation, etc. to be a ruling imposing an obligation or other judicial decision, mediation or ruling in lieu of mediation, or a disposition prior to mediation under the provisions of the New Act.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Litigation
第四条（訴訟に関する経過措置）
Where a petition for mediation of domestic relations has been filed under the provisions of the Former Act, the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (1), Article 272, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 277, paragraph (4)), Article 280, paragraph (5), Article 283 and Article 286, paragraph (6) apply by deeming that petition to be a petition for mediation of domestic relations under the provisions of the New Act.
旧法の規定による家事調停の申立てがあった場合においては、その申立てを新法の規定による家事調停の申立てとみなして、第二百五十七条第一項、第二百七十二条第三項（第二百七十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第二百八十条第五項、第二百八十三条及び第二百八十六条第六項の規定を適用する。
The provisions of Article 29, paragraph (4), Article 257, paragraph (2), Article 274, paragraph (1), Article 275, paragraph (1) and Article 276, paragraph (1) do not apply to an action filed before the enforcement of the New Act.
第二十九条第四項、第二百五十七条第二項、第二百七十四条第一項、第二百七十五条第一項及び第二百七十六条第一項の規定は、新法の施行前に訴えの提起があった訴訟については、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning the Civil Code Supplementary Provisions
第五条（民法附則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of the provisions of the New Act, the following matters are deemed to be matters listed in Appended Table 2.
Change or revocation of a judgment made with regard to support under Article 24 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 222 of 1947) (referred to as the "Civil Code Supplementary Provisions" in the following item);
A disposition regarding the division of an estate under Article 32 of the Civil Code Supplementary Provisions.
民法附則第三十二条の規定による遺産の分割に関する処分
The provisions of Article 182, paragraph (3), Article 185, Article 186 (limited to the parts pertaining to items (v) and (vi)) and Article 187 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph and a provisional order for which that case is the case on the merits.
The provisions of Article 191, paragraph (1), Articles 194 through 197, Article 198, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (i) through (iii)), Article 199 and Article 200 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) and a provisional order for which that case is the case on the merits.
第百九十一条第一項、第百九十四条から第百九十七条まで、第百九十八条第一項（第一号から第三号までに係る部分に限る。）、第百九十九条及び第二百条の規定は、第一項第二号に掲げる事項についての審判事件及び当該事件を本案とする保全処分について準用する。
domestic relations cases
「家事事件」
A case of adjudication of domestic relations (家事審判) or of mediation of domestic relations (家事調停): the family matters whose procedure this Act governs.
Short name set inArticle 1, paragraph (1)
provisional ordermachine translation
「保全処分」
A provisional order the family court hearing a domestic relations case makes by ruling (審判) before it decides the case — a provisional seizure (仮差押え), a provisional disposition (仮処分), the appointment of an administrator of property or another necessary measure under Article 105, paragraph (1) — or the judicial decision a high court makes in its place when the case is before that court.
Defined inArticle 106, paragraph (1)
disposition prior to mediationcorrected by this site
「調停前の処分」
A disposition the mediation committee (調停委員会) may order while a mediation case is before it, as it finds necessary for the mediation; where matters are urgent, the judge on the committee may order it.
Short name set inArticle 266, paragraph (2)
ruling in lieu of mediationcorrected by this site
「調停に代わる審判」
A ruling (審判) the family court may make on its own authority to resolve a case where mediation has failed, weighing fairness to both parties and all the circumstances; it is not available in mediation of the personal-status matters covered by Article 277, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 284, paragraph (1)
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
In the original supplementary provisions (附則) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, that Act itself (Act No. 52 of 2011).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)
Arrangement Actmachine translation
「整備法」
Short name, in Articles 2 and 3 of the original supplementary provisions (附則) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, for Act No. 53 of 2011, the Act arranging related laws for the coming into effect of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
the Former Actmachine translation
「旧法」
In Article 3 and Article 4, paragraph (1) of the original supplementary provisions (附則) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, the law on adjudication of domestic relations (家事審判法, Act No. 152 of 1947) that Article 3 of the Arrangement Act (整備法) abolished.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
ruling imposing an obligation, etc.machine translation
「義務を定める審判等」
A ruling (審判) or other judicial decision imposing an obligation, a mediation or a ruling in lieu of mediation (調停に代わる審判), or a measure prior to mediation (調停前の措置) under Article 28, paragraph (2) of the law on adjudication of domestic relations (家事審判法, the former Act), including one made under that law where Article 4 of the Arrangement Act (整備法) keeps its rules in place. Article 3 of the original supplementary provisions (附則) treats each as the corresponding ruling, mediation or disposition under the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, so that Articles 289 and 290 on securing performance apply to it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
Civil Code Supplementary Provisionsmachine translation
「民法附則」
In Article 5, paragraph (1) of the original supplementary provisions (附則) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 222 of 1947).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii)