# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百二十八条 (Article 228)

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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: 第二百二十八条 (Article 228)（事件係属の通知） — address `art-228`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百二十八条（事件係属の通知） — (Notice of Pendency of Cases)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-228 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-228 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-228</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、戸籍法第百十三条の規定による戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てが当該戸籍の届出人又は届出事件の本人以外の者からされた場合には、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、当該届出人又は届出事件の本人に対し、その旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、事件の記録上これらの者の氏名及び住所又は居所が判明している場合に限る。
    <sup>art-228/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-228/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-228/par-1</sup>
    When a petition for permission for a correction to a family register under the provisions of Article 113 of the Family Register Act is filed by a person other than the person who has made a notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, the family court must give notice to that effect to the person who has made the notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that this is required only when the name and domicile or residence of the person is known from the case record.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-228/par-1: 戸籍法第百十三条 → 戸籍法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-113

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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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05