# Article 84, paragraph (1), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/history/art-84/par-1. 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. How the wording of Article 84, paragraph (1) (第八十四条第一項) 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 84, paragraph (1) (第八十四条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/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: > 高等裁判所が第一審として家事審判の手続を行う場合におけるこの節の規定の適用については、同節の規定（第五十八条、第五十九条第一項から第四項まで、第六十一条第一項及び第二項並びに第六十五条の規定を除く。）中「家庭裁判所」とあるのは「高等裁判所」と、第三十九条、第四十七条第六項、第四十九条第三項、第五十六条第二項、第六十五条、第七十二条、第七十三条、第七十四条第一項から第三項まで（第二項ただし書を除く。）、第七十五条、第七十七条第一項、第七十八条（第一項第二号及び第四項を除く。）、第七十九条、第八十条第一項、第八十一条第一項並びに第八十二条第一項及び第二項中「審判」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判」と、第四十二条第二項中「審判の結果」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判の結果」と、第五十八条第一項、第五十九条第一項から第四項まで、第六十一条第一項及び第六十五条中「家庭裁判所は」とあるのは「高等裁判所は」と、第五十八条第三項中「家庭裁判所に」とあるのは「高等裁判所に」と、第五十九条第三項中「家庭裁判所及び」とあるのは「高等裁判所及び」と、第七十六条中「審判書」とあるのは「裁判書」と、同条第一項中「審判は」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判は」と、同項ただし書中「即時抗告をすることができない審判」とあるのは「家庭裁判所の審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができない審判に代わる裁判」と、第七十八条第一項第二号中「即時抗告をすることができる審判」とあるのは「家庭裁判所の審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができる審判に代わる裁判」とする。 English (Machine translation, not official): > For the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Section if a high court conducts proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations as the court of first instance: in the provisions of the Section (excluding the provisions of Article 58, Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 65), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 39, Article 47, paragraph (6), Article 49, paragraph (3), Article 56, paragraph (2), Article 65, Article 72, Article 73, Article 74, paragraphs (1) through (3) (excluding the proviso to paragraph (2)), Article 75, Article 77, paragraph (1), Article 78 (excluding paragraph (1), item (ii), and paragraph (4)), Article 79, Article 80, paragraph (1), Article 81, paragraph (1), and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2), the term "ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 42, paragraph (2), the phrase "outcome of adjudication" is deemed to be replaced with "outcome of a judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 58, paragraph (1), Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraph (1), and Article 65, the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 58, paragraph (3), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 59, paragraph (3), the phrase "family court and" is deemed to be replaced with "high court and"; in Article 76, the term "written ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "written judgment"; in Article 76, paragraph (1), the term "ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in the proviso to Article 76, paragraph (1), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court"; and in Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court". ## 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: > 高等裁判所が第一審として家事審判の手続を行う場合におけるこの節の規定の適用については、同節の規定（第五十八条、第五十九条第一項から第四項まで、第六十一条第一項及び第二項並びに第六十五条の規定を除く。）中「家庭裁判所」とあるのは「高等裁判所」と、第三十九条、第四十九条第三項、第五十六条第二項、第六十五条、第七十二条、第七十三条、第七十四条第一項から第三項まで（第二項ただし書を除く。）、第七十五条、第七十七条第一項、第七十八条（第一項第二号及び第四項を除く。）、第七十九条、第八十条第一項、第八十一条第一項並びに第八十二条第一項及び第二項中「審判」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判」と、第四十二条第二項中「審判の結果」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判の結果」と、第四十七条の二第四項及び第四十七条の三第一項中「審判を」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判を」と、「当該審判」とあるのは「当該審判に代わる裁判」と、第四十七条の二第四項第一号及び第七十六条中「電子審判書」とあるのは「電子裁判書」と、第五十八条第一項、第五十九条第一項から第四項まで、第六十一条第一項及び第六十五条中「家庭裁判所は」とあるのは「高等裁判所は」と、第五十八条第三項中「家庭裁判所に」とあるのは「高等裁判所に」と、第五十九条第三項中「家庭裁判所及び」とあるのは「高等裁判所及び」と、第七十六条第一項中「審判は、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、審判に係る電磁的記録（以下」とあるのは「審判に代わる裁判は、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、審判に代わる裁判に係る電磁的記録（以下この条において」と、同項ただし書中「即時抗告をすることができない審判」とあるのは「家庭裁判所の審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができない審判に代わる裁判」と、第七十八条第一項第二号中「即時抗告をすることができる審判」とあるのは「家庭裁判所の審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができる審判に代わる裁判」とする。 English (Machine translation, not official): > For the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Section if a high court conducts proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations as the court of first instance: in the provisions of the Section (excluding the provisions of Article 58, Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 65), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 39, Article 49, paragraph (3), Article 56, paragraph (2), Article 65, Article 72, Article 73, Article 74, paragraphs (1) through (3) (excluding the proviso to paragraph (2)), Article 75, Article 77, paragraph (1), Article 78 (excluding paragraph (1), item (ii), and paragraph (4)), Article 79, Article 80, paragraph (1), Article 81, paragraph (1), and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2), the term "ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 42, paragraph (2), the phrase "outcome of adjudication" is deemed to be replaced with "outcome of a judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 47-2, paragraph (4) and Article 47-3, paragraph (1), the phrase "a person subject to a ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "a person subject to a judicial decision in lieu of a ruling", and the phrase "after the ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "after the judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 47-2, paragraph (4), item (i) and Article 76, the phrase "electronic written ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "electronic written judgment"; in Article 58, paragraph (1), Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraph (1), and Article 65, the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 58, paragraph (3), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 59, paragraph (3), the phrase "family court and" is deemed to be replaced with "high court and"; in Article 76, paragraph (1), the phrase "A ruling must be made, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic or magnetic record pertaining to the ruling (hereinafter referred to as" is deemed to be replaced with "A judicial decision in lieu of a ruling must be made, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic or magnetic record pertaining to the judicial decision in lieu of a ruling (hereinafter in this Article referred to as"; in the proviso to Article 76, paragraph (1), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court"; and in Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court". --- ## 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)