# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（手続代理人の資格） — address `art-22` - 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-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（手続代理人の資格） — (Qualifications of Counsel) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22 **第一項** 法令により裁判上の行為をすることができる代理人のほか、弁護士でなければ手続代理人となることができない。ただし、家庭裁判所においては、その許可を得て、弁護士でない者を手続代理人とすることができる。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22/par-1 Beyond a representative who may perform acts in court under laws and regulations, no person other than an attorney may serve as a counsel; provided, however, that in a family court, with its permission, a person who is not an attorney may be appointed as a counsel. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書の許可は、いつでも取り消すことができる。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22/par-2 The permission set forth in the proviso to the preceding paragraph may be revoked at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-2: 前項 → 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/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二十二条第二項（手続代理人の資格） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-22/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十条第一項第一号（調停委員会等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-260/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-260/par-1/item-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