# Article 47, paragraph (6), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

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How the wording of Article 47, paragraph (6) (第四十七条第六項) 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 47, paragraph (6) (第四十七条第六項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-6 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-6)
- 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:

> 審判書その他の裁判書の正本、謄本若しくは抄本又は家事審判事件に関する事項の証明書については、当事者は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、家庭裁判所の許可を得ないで、裁判所書記官に対し、その交付を請求することができる。審判を受ける者が当該審判があった後に請求する場合も、同様とする。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a party may make a request to a court clerk for the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a written ruling or any other written judgment or of a certificate of matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations, without permission from the family court. The same applies when a person subject to a ruling makes such a request after the ruling is made.

## 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:

> 当事者は、非電磁的家事審判事件記録中当該当事者が提出した書面等又は録音テープ等については、第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、家庭裁判所の許可を得ないで、裁判所書記官に対し、その閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又はその複製を請求することができる。次条第四項第二号又は第三号に掲げる事項について第三十八条の二において読み替えて準用する民事訴訟法第百三十三条の二第五項の規定によりその内容を書面に出力し、又はこれを他の記録媒体に記録する措置を講じた場合の当該書面又は当該記録媒体についても、同様とする。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), a party may make a request to a court clerk, without permission from the family court, for the inspection or copying of, the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, or the reproduction of, a paper document, etc. or audio tape, etc. that the party has submitted, in a hard-copy record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations. The same applies to the paper document or recording medium in the case where, with regard to the matters set out in paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii) of the following Article, a measure has been taken to output the contents onto a paper document or to record them on another recording medium pursuant to the provisions of Article 133-2, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2.

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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)