# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百二十六条 (Article 226)

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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
- 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: 第二百二十六条 (Article 226)（管轄） — address `art-226`
- 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-226
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226
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### 第二百二十六条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226/par-1</sup>
    The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the family court which has jurisdiction over the places specified respectively in these items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　申立人の住所地
      <sup>art-226/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226/par-1/item-1</sup>
      an adjudication case for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (122)):the place of domicile of the petitioner;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  就籍許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　就籍しようとする地
      <sup>art-226/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226/par-1/item-2</sup>
      an adjudication case for permission for the registration of an unregistered person (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (123)):the place where the unregistered person is to be registered;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　その戸籍のある地
      <sup>art-226/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226/par-1/item-3</sup>
      an adjudication case for permission for a correction to a family register (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (124)):the place where the family register exists; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の審判事件（別表第一の百二十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条において同じ。）　市役所（戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第四条において準用する同法第百二十二条の規定による場合にあっては、区役所）又は町村役場の所在地
      <sup>art-226/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-226/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-226/par-1/item-4</sup>
      an adjudication case of an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (125); the same applies in the following Article):the location of a city office (or a ward office in the case under the provisions of Article 122 of the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4 of the Act) or an office of a town or village.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-226/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
- art-226/par-1/item-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/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1
- art-226/par-1/item-3: 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
- art-226/par-1/item-4: 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
- art-226/par-1/item-4: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十七条 (Article 227), art-227 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-227 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-227
- art-226/par-1/item-4: 戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第四条 → 戸籍法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-4
- art-226/par-1/item-4: 同法第百二十二条 → 戸籍法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-122

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05