# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第八章 (Part 1, Chapter 8)

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- Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号
- English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第八章 (Part 1, Chapter 8) — address `pt-1/ch-8`
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## 第八章　電子情報処理組織による申立て等 — Chapter VIII Petition by Means of Electronic Data Processing System
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-8</sup>

### 第三十八条
<sup>art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-8#art-38</sup>

  **第一項**  家事事件の手続における申立てその他の申述（次項及び次条において「申立て等」という。）については、民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十、第百三十二条の十一及び第百三十二条の十二（第一項第一号に係る部分を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百三十二条の十第五項及び第六項並びに第百三十二条の十二第二項及び第三項中「送達」とあるのは「送達又は送付」と、同法第百三十二条の十一第一項第一号中「第五十四条第一項ただし書」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第二十二条第一項ただし書」と、同項第二号中「第二条」とあるのは「第九条において準用する同法第二条」と、同法第百三十二条の十二第一項第三号中「当該申立て等に係る書面等について、当該申立て等とともに第百三十三条の二第二項の申立てがされた」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第三十八条の二において読み替えて準用する第百三十三条第一項の決定があった」と、「申立てが却下されたとき又は当該同項の申立てに係る決定」とあるのは「決定」と、「同項に規定する秘匿事項記載部分」とあるのは「秘匿事項（同項に規定する申立て等をする者又はその法定代理人の住所等又は氏名等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）又は秘匿事項を推知することができる事項」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-8#art-38/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Articles 132-10, 132-11 and 132-12 (excluding the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (i)) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a petition or other statement in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (referred to as "petition, etc." in the following paragraph and the following Article). In this case: the term "service" in Article 132-10, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 132-12, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service or transmission"; in Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code, the phrase "the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act"; in item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "Article 2" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 2 of the Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9"; and in Article 132-12, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Code, the phrase "a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document that has been used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act has been made", the phrase "the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "a judicial decision setting aside a ruling", and the phrase "the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  家事事件（別表第一に掲げる事項についての審判事件（同表に掲げる事項についての第百六条第一項に規定する審判前の保全処分の事件を含む。）であって最高裁判所規則で定めるものを除く。）の手続においてこの法律その他の法令の規定に基づき裁判所に提出された書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。以下同じ。）（申立て等が書面等により行われたときにおける当該書面等を除く。）又は電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体に記載され、又は記録されている事項のファイルへの記録については、民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十三（第一号及び第三号に係る部分を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同条第四号中「第百三十三条の三第一項の規定による」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第三十八条の二において読み替えて準用する第百三十三条第一項の」と、「当該決定に係る」とあるのは「当該」と、「及び電磁的記録を記録した」とあるのは「又は当該」と、「事項」とあるのは「秘匿事項（同項に規定する申立て等をする者又はその法定代理人の住所等又は氏名等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）又は秘匿事項を推知することができる事項」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-8#art-38/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 132-13 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the parts pertaining to items (i) and (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the recording in a file of the matters stated or recorded in a paper document, etc. (meaning a written document, document, writing, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, or copy, or any other tangible object such as paper on which information that can be recognized by human perception, such as characters or diagrams, is recorded; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding a paper document, etc. where a petition, etc. was filed by means of a paper document, etc.) submitted to the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (excluding adjudication cases concerning the matters listed in Appended Table 1 (including cases for a provisional order prior to rulings as prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (1) concerning the matters listed in that table) that are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court), or in a recording medium on which an electronic or magnetic record is recorded. In this case, in item (iv) of that Article, the phrase "a ruling under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", and the phrase "the information detailed in the paper documents connected with that ruling, or in recording media containing the electronic or magnetic records connected with that ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred, detailed in the paper documents or the recording media".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-38/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-8#art-38/par-2
- art-38/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2), art-38-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-9#art-38-2
- art-38/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十 (Article 132-10), art-132-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-10
- art-38/par-1: 第百三十二条の十一 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一 (Article 132-11), art-132-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11
- art-38/par-1: 第百三十二条の十二 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二 (Article 132-12), art-132-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12
- art-38/par-1: 第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第一項第一号 (Article 132-12, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-132-12/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1/item-1
- art-38/par-1: 同法第百三十二条の十第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十第五項 (Article 132-10, paragraph (5)), art-132-10/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-10/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-10/par-5
- art-38/par-1: 第六項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十第六項 (Article 132-10, paragraph (6)), art-132-10/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-10/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-10/par-6
- art-38/par-1: 第百三十二条の十二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第二項 (Article 132-12, paragraph (2)), art-132-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-2
- art-38/par-1: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第三項 (Article 132-12, paragraph (3)), art-132-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-3
- art-38/par-1: 同法第百三十二条の十一第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第一項第一号 (Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-132-11/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-1/item-1
- art-38/par-1: 第五十四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-1
- art-38/par-1: 家事事件手続法第二十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-22/par-1
- art-38/par-1: 同項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第一項第二号 (Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-132-11/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-1/item-2
- art-38/par-1: 第二条 → 民事訴訟法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-2
- art-38/par-1: 第九条 → 民事訴訟法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-9
- art-38/par-1: 同法第百三十二条の十二第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十二第一項第三号 (Article 132-12, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-132-12/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-12/par-1/item-3
- art-38/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第二項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (2)), art-133-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-2
- art-38/par-1: 第百三十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第一項 (Article 133, paragraph (1)), art-133/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-1
- art-38/par-2: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/appdx-1
- art-38/par-2: 第百六条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-101#art-106/par-1
- art-38/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十三 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三 (Article 132-13), art-132-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13
- art-38/par-2: 第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三第一項第一号 (Article 132-13, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-132-13/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-1
- art-38/par-2: 第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三第一項第三号 (Article 132-13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-132-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-3
- art-38/par-2: 同条第四号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十三第一項第四号 (Article 132-13, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-132-13/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-13/par-1/item-4
- art-38/par-2: 第百三十三条の三第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三第一項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (1)), art-133-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3/par-1
- art-38/par-2: 家事事件手続法第三十八条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2), art-38-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-1/ch-9#art-38-2
- art-38/par-2: 第百三十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第一項 (Article 133, paragraph (1)), art-133/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-1

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