# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15. 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: 人事訴訟法 (Personal Status Litigation Act), 平成十五年法律第百九号 - English title "Personal Status Litigation 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — (Intervention by Interested Parties) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15 **第一項** 検察官を被告とする人事訴訟において、訴訟の結果により相続権を害される第三者（以下「利害関係人」という。）を当該人事訴訟に参加させることが必要であると認めるときは、裁判所は、被告を補助させるため、決定で、その利害関係人を当該人事訴訟に参加させることができる。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-1 In personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor is named as the defendant, if the court finds it necessary to have a third party whose rights of inheritance are compromised as a result of the litigation (referred to below as an "interested party") intervene in the litigation, the court may issue a ruling to have the interested party intervene in the litigation in order for the interested party to assist the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をするに当たっては、あらかじめ、当事者及び利害関係人の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-2 Before issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must hear the opinions of the parties and of the interested party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項の申出又は第一項の決定により検察官を被告とする人事訴訟に参加した利害関係人については、同法第四十五条第二項の規定は、適用しない。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-3 The provisions of Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to interested parties who, based on an application as referred to in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or based on a ruling as referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, have intervened in personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor is named as the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の利害関係人については、民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで（同項については、訴訟手続の中止に関する部分に限る。）の規定を準用する。 art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-4 The provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure (for paragraph (3) of that Article, this is limited to the part concerning the suspension of court proceedings) apply mutatis mutandis to interested parties referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第一項の決定を取り消すことができる。 art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-5 The court may revoke an order under paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-3: 民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-43/par-1 - art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-3: 同法第四十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-45/par-2 - art-15/par-4: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-3 - art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-2 - art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-3 - art-15/par-5: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第十五条第二項（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-2 - 人事訴訟法 第十五条第三項（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-3 - 人事訴訟法 第十五条第四項（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-4 - 人事訴訟法 第十五条第五項（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-15/par-5 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 人事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02