# Article 128, paragraph (1), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

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How the wording of Article 128, paragraph (1) (第百二十八条第一項) 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 128, paragraph (1) (第百二十八条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-128/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-128/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:

> 保佐開始の審判事件（別表第一の十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）は、被保佐人となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> An adjudication case for the commencement of curatorship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (17); the same applies hereinafter) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a person who is to be a person under curatorship.

## 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:

> 家庭裁判所は、補助の事務の監督の審判事件が係属している場合（代理権の付与の審判を受けた補助人に財産の目録の提出を命じた場合に限る。）において、補助開始の審判を受けた者の利益のため必要があるときは、補助の事務の監督の申立てをした者の申立てにより又は職権で、補助人が財産の目録を提出するまでの間、補助人の職務の執行を停止し、又はその職務代行者を選任することができる。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> When an adjudication case for the supervision of the affairs of assistance is pending before a family court (limited to the case where the court has ordered an assistant who has received a ruling to vest the authority of representation to submit an inventory of property), and when it is necessary for the interests of the person under assistance, the family court may, upon the petition of the person who has filed a petition for the supervision of the affairs of assistance or by its own authority, suspend the performance of duties by the assistant or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof, until the assistant submits an inventory of property.

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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)