# Article 289, paragraph (1), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

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How the wording of Article 289, paragraph (1) (第二百八十九条第一項) 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 289, paragraph (1) (第二百八十九条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-289/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-289/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 義務を定める第三十九条の規定による審判をした家庭裁判所（第九十一条第一項（第九十六条第一項及び第九十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により抗告裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所、第百五条第二項の規定により高等裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては本案の家事審判事件の第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所。以下同じ。）は、権利者の申出があるときは、その審判（抗告裁判所又は高等裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては、その裁判。次条第一項において同じ。）で定められた義務の履行状況を調査し、義務者に対し、その義務の履行を勧告することができる。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> A family court that has made a ruling under the provisions of Article 39 to impose an obligation on a person (if the court in charge of an appeal has made a judicial decision to impose an obligation on a person under the provisions of Article 91, paragraph (1) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1) and Article 98, paragraph (1)), the family court that is the court of first instance; and if a high court has made a judicial decision to impose an obligation on a person pursuant to the provisions of Article 105, paragraph (2), the family court that is the court of first instance of the case for adjudication of domestic relations on the merits; the same applies hereinafter) may, upon the request of an obligee, examine the status of the performance of the obligation determined by the ruling (if the court in charge of an appeal or a high court has made a judicial decision to determine an obligation, by the judicial decision; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article), and recommend an obligor to perform the obligation.

## 2. By 13 June 2028 — Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 13 June 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 53 of 2023) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053

Japanese:

> 義務を定める第三十九条の規定による審判をした家庭裁判所（第九十一条第一項（第九十六条第一項及び第九十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により抗告裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所、第百五条第二項の規定により高等裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては本案の家事審判事件の第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所。以下同じ。）は、権利者の申出があるときは、その審判（抗告裁判所又は高等裁判所が義務を定める裁判をした場合にあっては、その裁判。第二百九十条第一項において同じ。）で定められた義務の履行状況を調査し、義務者に対し、その義務の履行を勧告することができる。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> A family court that has made a ruling under the provisions of Article 39 to impose an obligation on a person (if the court in charge of an appeal has made a judicial decision to impose an obligation on a person under the provisions of Article 91, paragraph (1) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1) and Article 98, paragraph (1)), the family court that is the court of first instance; and if a high court has made a judicial decision to impose an obligation on a person pursuant to the provisions of Article 105, paragraph (2), the family court that is the court of first instance of the case for adjudication of domestic relations on the merits; the same applies hereinafter) may, upon the request of an obligee, examine the status of the performance of the obligation determined by the ruling (if the court in charge of an appeal or a high court has made a judicial decision to determine an obligation, by the judicial decision; the same applies in Article 290, paragraph (1)), and recommend an obligor to perform the obligation.

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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/423AC0000000052/20270623_508AC0000000045)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20280613_505AC0000000053)