# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第九章 (Part 1, Chapter 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-1/ch-9. 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. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第九章 (Part 1, Chapter 9) — address `pt-1/ch-9` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-1/ch-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-1/ch-9 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第九章　当事者に対する住所、氏名等の秘匿 — Chapter IX Concealment of Addresses, Names, etc. from Parties heading: machine translation, not official pt-1/ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-1/ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-1/ch-9 ### 第三十八条の二 art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38-2 **第一項** 家事事件の手続における申立て等については、民事訴訟法第百三十三条、第百三十三条の二第一項並びに第百三十三条の四第一項から第三項まで、第四項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）及び第五項から第七項までの規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百三十三条第一項中「当事者」とあるのは「当事者若しくは利害関係参加人（家事事件手続法第四十二条第七項（同法第二百五十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する利害関係参加人をいう。第百三十三条の四第一項、第二項及び第七項において同じ。）又はこれらの者以外の審判を受ける者となるべき者（同法第十条第一項第一号に規定する審判を受ける者となるべき者をいう。）」と、同条第三項中「訴訟記録等（訴訟記録又は第百三十二条の四第一項の処分の申立てに係る事件の記録をいう。以下この章において同じ。）」とあるのは「家事事件の記録」と、「について訴訟記録等の閲覧等（訴訟記録の閲覧等、非電磁的証拠収集処分記録の閲覧等又は電磁的証拠収集処分記録の閲覧等をいう。以下この章において同じ。）」とあるのは「の閲覧若しくは謄写又はその謄本若しくは抄本の交付」と、同法第百三十三条の二第一項中「に係る訴訟記録等の閲覧等」とあるのは「の閲覧若しくは謄写又はその謄本若しくは抄本の交付」と、同法第百三十三条の四第一項中「秘匿決定、第百三十三条の二第二項の決定又は前条第一項の決定（次項及び第七項において「秘匿決定等」という。）に係る者以外の者は、訴訟記録等」とあるのは「秘匿決定（家事事件手続法第二百七十七条第一項に規定する事項以外の事項についての家事調停の手続に係るもの並びに同法第二百八十九条第一項（同条第七項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による調査及び勧告の事件の手続に係るものを除く。次項、第四項第一号及び第七項において同じ。）に係る者以外の当事者又は利害関係参加人は、当該秘匿決定に係る事件の記録」と、同条第二項中「秘匿決定等に係る者以外の当事者は、秘匿決定等」とあるのは「秘匿決定に係る者以外の当事者又は利害関係参加人は、秘匿決定」と、「訴訟記録等の存する」とあるのは「前項の事件の記録の存する」と、「訴訟記録等の閲覧等」とあるのは「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」と、同条第四項第一号中「秘匿決定又は第百三十三条の二第二項の決定」とあるのは「秘匿決定」と、同条第七項中「当事者」とあるのは「当事者若しくは利害関係参加人」と、「秘匿決定等」とあるのは「秘匿決定」と読み替えるものとする。 art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 133, Article 133-2, paragraph (1), and Article 133-4, paragraphs (1) through (3), paragraph (4) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), and paragraphs (5) through (7) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a petition, etc. in proceedings of domestic relations cases. In this case: in Article 133, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "party" is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor (meaning an interested party intervenor prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (7) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1) of the Act); the same applies in Article 133-4, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7)) or a person other than those persons who is to be subject to adjudication (meaning a person who is to be subject to adjudication as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act)"; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "case record or filing records (meaning a case record or the records of a case in which there has been a petition for a disposition as referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1); the same applies in this Chapter)" is deemed to be replaced with "the records of a domestic relations case", and the phrase "access to a case record or filing records means access to a case record, access to a hard-copy record of a disposition on the collection of evidence, or access to an electronic or magnetic record of a disposition on the collection of evidence; the same applies in this Chapter" is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying of the records, or the issuance of a transcript or extract thereof"; in Article 133-2, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "access to a part of a case records or filing records containing information indicated in an anonymity notification" is deemed to be replaced with "the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of a transcript or extract of, a part of the records containing information indicated in an anonymity notification"; in Article 133-4, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "A person other than one subject to an anonymity ruling, a ruling under Article 133-2, paragraph (2), or a ruling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as 'anonymity ruling or similar measures' in the following paragraph and paragraph (7)) may file a petition with the court where the case records or filing records" is deemed to be replaced with "A party or interested party intervenor other than one subject to an anonymity ruling (excluding one pertaining to proceedings for mediation of domestic relations regarding matters other than those prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act and one pertaining to proceedings for a case subject to examination and recommendation under Article 289, paragraph (1) of the Act (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article); the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (4), item (i) and paragraph (7)) may file a petition with the court where the records of the case pertaining to that anonymity ruling"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "even if an anonymity ruling or similar measures are in place, a party other than the person covered by the ruling or measures" is deemed to be replaced with "even if an anonymity ruling is in place, a party or interested party intervenor other than the person covered by the ruling", the phrase "the case records or filing records are kept" is deemed to be replaced with "the records of the case referred to in the preceding paragraph are kept", and the phrase "access to a part of the case records or filing records that is restricted" is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract, or reproduction of a part of the records that is restricted"; in paragraph (4), item (i) of that Article, the phrase "an anonymity ruling or a ruling under Article 133-2, paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "an anonymity ruling"; and in paragraph (7) of that Article, the phrase "the party petitioning for permission" is deemed to be replaced with "the party or interested party intervenor petitioning for permission", and the phrase "the person covered by the anonymity ruling or similar measures" is deemed to be replaced with "the person covered by the anonymity ruling". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-38-2/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百三十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条 (Article 133), art-133 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第一項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (1)), art-133-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の四第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第一項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (1)), art-133-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の四第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第二項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (2)), art-133-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-2 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の四第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第三項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (3)), art-133-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-3 - art-38-2/par-1: 第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第四項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (4)), art-133-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-4 - art-38-2/par-1: 第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第四項第一号 (Article 133-4, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-133-4/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-4/item-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 第五項から第七項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第五項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (5)), art-133-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-5 - art-38-2/par-1: 第五項から第七項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第六項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (6)), art-133-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-6 - art-38-2/par-1: 第五項から第七項まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の四第七項 (Article 133-4, paragraph (7)), art-133-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-4/par-7 - art-38-2/par-1: 同法第百三十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第一項 (Article 133, paragraph (1)), art-133/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 家事事件手続法第四十二条第七項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十二条第七項 (Article 42, paragraph (7)), art-42/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-42/par-7 - art-38-2/par-1: 同法第二百五十八条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項 (Article 258, paragraph (1)), art-258/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 同法第十条第一項第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第十条第一項第一号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-10/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-10/par-1/item-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 同条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第三項 (Article 133, paragraph (3)), art-133/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-3 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十二条の四第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の四第一項 (Article 132-4, paragraph (1)), art-132-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-4/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第二項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (2)), art-133-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-2 - art-38-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三第一項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (1)), art-133-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 家事事件手続法第二百七十七条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項 (Article 277, paragraph (1)), art-277/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 同法第二百八十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十九条第一項 (Article 289, paragraph (1)), art-289/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-289/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-289/par-1 - art-38-2/par-1: 同条第七項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十九条第七項 (Article 289, paragraph (7)), art-289/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-289/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-289/par-7 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-001, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-002, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05