# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百十六条 (Article 116) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百十六条 (Article 116) — address `art-116` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-116 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十六条 art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-116 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、次に掲げる場合には、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、戸籍事務を管掌する者又は登記所に対し、戸籍の記載又は後見登記等に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百五十二号）に定める登記を嘱託しなければならない。ただし、戸籍の記載又は同法に定める登記の嘱託を要するものとして最高裁判所規則で定めるものに限る。 art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-116/par-1 In the following cases, a court clerk must, without delay, commission a person who administers affairs relating to family registers or a registry office to make an entry in a family register or make a registration as provided in the Act on Guardianship Registration, etc. (Act No. 152 of 1999), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court; provided, however, that this only applies to the cases specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as requiring an entry in a family register or registration under the Act to be commissioned to the person or office: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 別表第一に掲げる事項についての審判又はこれに代わる裁判が効力を生じた場合 art-116/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-116/par-1/item-1 when a ruling on any of the matters set forth in Appended Table 1 or a judicial decision in lieu of the ruling becomes effective; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 審判前の保全処分が効力を生じ、又は効力を失った場合 art-116/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-116/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-116/par-1/item-2 when a provisional order prior to a ruling becomes effective or loses its effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-116/par-1/item-1: 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/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05