# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26)

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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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（手続代理人及びその代理権に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — address `art-26`
- 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-26
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### 第二十六条（手続代理人及びその代理権に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure Concerning Counsel and Counsel's Authority of Representation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-26</sup>

  **第一項**  民事訴訟法第三十四条（第三項を除く。）及び第五十六条から第五十八条まで（同条第三項を除く。）の規定は、手続代理人及びその代理権について準用する。
  <sup>art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-26/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 34 (excluding paragraph (3)) and Article 56 through Article 58 (excluding Article 58, paragraph (3)) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a counsel and the counsel's authority of representation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-26/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-34
- art-26/par-1: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-34/par-3
- art-26/par-1: 第五十六条から第五十八条まで → 民事訴訟法 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-56
- art-26/par-1: 第五十六条から第五十八条まで → 民事訴訟法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-57
- art-26/par-1: 第五十六条から第五十八条まで → 民事訴訟法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58
- art-26/par-1: 同条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十八条第三項 (Article 58, paragraph (3)), art-58/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-58/par-3

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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
