# Article 118, paragraph (1), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

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How the wording of Article 118, paragraph (1) (第百十八条第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act
- Provision: Article 118, paragraph (1) (第百十八条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 45 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 次に掲げる審判事件（第一号、第四号及び第六号の審判事件を本案とする保全処分についての審判事件を含む。）においては、成年被後見人となるべき者及び成年被後見人は、第十七条第一項において準用する民事訴訟法第三十一条の規定にかかわらず、法定代理人によらずに、自ら手続行為をすることができる。その者が被保佐人又は被補助人（手続行為をすることにつきその補助人の同意を得ることを要するものに限る。）であって、保佐人若しくは保佐監督人又は補助人若しくは補助監督人の同意がない場合も、同様とする。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> In the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (i), (iv), and (vi) as cases on the merits), a person who is or is to be an adult under guardianship may participate in proceedings themselves, not through their legal representative, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1). The same applies when the person is a person under curatorship or a person under assistance (limited to a person under assistance who is required to obtain consent from the assistant for performing procedural acts) and the person has not obtained consent from the curator or supervisor of the curator or the assistant or supervisor of the assistant:

## 2. By 23 December 2028 — Act No. 45 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 23 December 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 45 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045

Japanese:

> 次に掲げる審判事件（第一号、第十三号、第十五号及び第十七号の審判事件を本案とする保全処分についての審判事件を含む。）においては、補助開始の審判を受ける者となるべき者（未成年者に限る。）及び補助開始の審判を受けた者（未成年者及び特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者に限る。）は、第十七条第一項において準用する民事訴訟法第三十一条の規定にかかわらず、法定代理人によらずに、自ら手続行為をすることができる。その者が補助開始の審判を受けた者（手続行為をすることにつきその補助人の同意を得ることを要するものに限る。）であって、補助人又は補助監督人の同意がない場合も、同様とする。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> In the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (i), (xiii), (xv), and (xvii) as cases on the merits), a person who is to be a person under assistance (limited to a minor) and a person under assistance (limited to a minor or a person subject to a ruling of a disposition appointing a specified assistant) may participate in proceedings themselves, not through their legal representative, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1). The same applies when the person is a person under assistance (limited to a person under assistance who is required to obtain consent from the assistant for performing procedural acts) and the person has not obtained consent from the assistant or supervisor of the assistant:

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20280613_505AC0000000053)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20281223_508AC0000000045)