# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第六条 (Article 6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6. 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（管轄裁判所の指定） — address `art-6` - 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-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（管轄裁判所の指定） — (Designation of a Court with Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6 **第一項** 管轄裁判所が法律上又は事実上裁判権を行うことができないときは、その裁判所の直近上級の裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、管轄裁判所を定める。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-1 If a court with jurisdiction is unable to exercise its jurisdiction de jure or de facto, its immediate upper instance court determines the court with jurisdiction upon petition or by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所の管轄区域が明確でないため管轄裁判所が定まらないときは、関係のある裁判所に共通する直近上級の裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、管轄裁判所を定める。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-2 If a court with jurisdiction is not determined due to unclarity of jurisdictional area divisions, the immediate upper instance court common to the relevant courts determines the court with jurisdiction upon petition or by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により管轄裁判所を定める裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-3 No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision to determine a court with jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-1 - art-6/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第六条第三項（管轄裁判所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-6/par-3 --- ## 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