# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う調整規定） — address `suppl-4301-72/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十二条（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う調整規定） — Adjustment Provisions Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
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<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-72/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-72/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  施行日が人事訴訟法等の一部を改正する法律の施行の日前となる場合には、同日の前日までの間における新家事事件手続法第二百十六条の二及び別表第二の規定の適用については、同条中「審判事件」とあるのは「審判事件（別表第二の十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）」と、同表中「第百九十七条」とあるのは「第百九十七条、第二百十六条の二」とする。
<sup>suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1</sup>
If the Effective Date is before the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Personal Status Litigation Act, etc., with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 216-2 and Appended Table 2 of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act until the day preceding that date, the phrase "adjudication case" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "adjudication case (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (15))", and the phrase "Article 197" in that table is deemed to be replaced with "Article 197 and Article 216-2".
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## Cites
- suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1: 新家事事件手続法第二百十六条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十六条の二 (Article 216-2), art-216-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-216-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-216-2
- suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1: 別表第二 → 家事事件手続法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-2

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## 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-20261105T164326-007, 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
