# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53. 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（受命裁判官による手続） — address `art-53` - 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-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53 - 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. --- ### 第五十三条（受命裁判官による手続） — (Proceedings by Authorized Judges) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、受命裁判官に家事審判の手続の期日における手続を行わせることができる。ただし、事実の調査及び証拠調べについては、第六十一条第三項の規定又は第六十四条第一項において準用する民事訴訟法第二編第四章第一節から第六節までの規定により受命裁判官が事実の調査又は証拠調べをすることができる場合に限る。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53/par-1 A family court may have an authorized judge conduct proceedings on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations; provided, however, that with regard to the investigation of facts and examination of evidence, this is allowed only when an authorized judge may examine facts or examine evidence pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) or the provisions of Part II, Chapter IV, Sections 1 through 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 64, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、家庭裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the authorized judge performs the duties of the family court and the presiding judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-53/par-1: 第六十一条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-61/par-3 - art-53/par-1: 第六十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-64/par-1 - art-53/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第五十三条第二項（受命裁判官による手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-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