# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36. 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（送達及び手続の中止） — address `art-36` - 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-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十六条（送達及び手続の中止） — (Service and Suspension of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36 **第一項** 送達及び家事事件の手続の中止については、民事訴訟法第一編第五章第四節（第百条第二項、第三款及び第百十一条を除く。）及び第百三十条から第百三十二条まで（同条第一項を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百十二条第一項本文中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた」と、同項ただし書中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「当該掲示を始めた」と、同法第百十三条中「書類又は電磁的記録」とあるのは「書類」と、「その訴訟の目的である請求又は防御の方法」とあるのは「裁判又は調停を求める事項」と、「記載又は記録」とあるのは「記載」と、「第百十一条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた」と読み替えるものとする。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36/par-1 The provisions of Part I, Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 100, paragraph (2), Subsection 3 and Article 111) and Articles 130 through 132 of the Code (excluding Article 132, paragraph (1) of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis to service and the suspension of proceedings of domestic relations cases. In this case: in the main clause of Article 112, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service"; in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the posting was commenced"; and in Article 113 of the Code, the phrase "document or electronic or magnetic record" is deemed to be replaced with "document", the phrase "the claim that is the subject matter of litigation or concerning the means of defense" is deemed to be replaced with "the matter for which a judicial decision or mediation is sought", the phrase "statement or record" is deemed to be replaced with "statement", and the phrase "the measures under the provisions of Article 111 were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service". machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項において準用する民事訴訟法第百十条第一項の規定による公示送達は、裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨を裁判所の掲示場に掲示してする。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36/par-2 Service through publication under Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is effected by the court clerk posting, on the court's bulletin board, a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-36/par-1: 第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-100/par-2 - art-36/par-1: 第百十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十条 (Article 130), art-130 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-130 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十一条 (Article 131), art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条 (Article 132), art-132 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132 - art-36/par-1: 同条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条第一項 (Article 132, paragraph (1)), art-132/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 同法第百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 同法第百十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-113 - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百十条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項 (Article 110, paragraph (1)), art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三十六条第二項（送達及び手続の中止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-36/par-2 --- ## 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 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-001, 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