# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第十六条の四 (Article 16-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4. 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: 第十六条の四 (Article 16-4)（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — address `art-16-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4 - 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. --- ### 第十六条の四（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — Filing Motions or Statements by Means of an Electronic Data Processing System caption: machine translation, not official art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4 **第一項** 人事訴訟に関する手続における申立てその他の申述（以下この条において「申立て等」という。）のうち、当該申立て等に関するこの法律その他の法令の規定により書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）をもってするものとされているものであって、最高裁判所の定める裁判所に対してするもの（当該裁判所の裁判長、受命裁判官、受託裁判官又は裁判所書記官に対してするものを含む。）については、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下この項及び第三項において同じ。）と申立て等をする者の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。）を用いてすることができる。 art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 Among petitions and other statements in personal status litigation proceedings (referred to below in this Article as "motion or statement"), a motion or statement that is to be made by means of a paper document, etc. (meaning a paper document, written material, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, extra copy, or any other paper or other tangible object into which information that can be perceived with the human senses, such as characters and shapes, has been entered; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations relevant to that motion or statement, and that is made to a court designated by the Supreme Court (including one made to the presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge, or court clerk of that court), may, notwithstanding the provisions of those laws and regulations, be made by using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system that connects a computer (including input and output devices; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3) below) used by the court and a computer used by the person filing the motion or statement over telecommunication lines), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定によりされた申立て等については、当該申立て等を書面等をもってするものとして規定した申立て等に関する法令の規定に規定する書面等をもってされたものとみなして、当該申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。 art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-2 A motion or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been filed by means of a paper document, etc. prescribed in the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the motion or statement, in which it is provided that the motion or statement is to be filed by means of a paper document, etc., and the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the motion or statement apply. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等は、同項の裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録がされた時に、当該裁判所に到達したものとみなす。 art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-3 A motion or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed to have arrived at the court as referred to in that paragraph when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by that court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の場合において、当該申立て等に関する他の法令の規定により署名等（署名、記名、押印その他氏名又は名称を書面等に記載することをいう。以下この項において同じ。）をすることとされているものについては、当該申立て等をする者は、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、当該署名等に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、氏名又は名称を明らかにする措置を講じなければならない。 art-16-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws and regulations relevant to the motion or statement, in the case referred to in paragraph (1), a person filing a motion or statement that is to bear a signature, etc. (meaning the relevant person's signature, name, or seal or other inclusion of the relevant person's name or trade name in the paper document, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of those laws and regulations, in lieu of affixing this signature, etc., is to take measures to clarify the name or trade name of the person filing the motion or statement, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等が第三項に規定するファイルに記録されたときは、第一項の裁判所は、当該ファイルに記録された情報の内容を書面に出力しなければならない。 art-16-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-5 When a motion or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been recorded in the file prescribed in paragraph (3), the court as referred to in paragraph (1) is to output the contents of the data recorded in the file in the form of a paper document. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等に係る民事訴訟法第九十一条第一項又は第三項の規定による事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写又はその正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付は、前項の書面をもってするものとする。当該申立て等に係る書類の送達又は送付も、同様とする。 art-16-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-6 Inspection or copying of the case records, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract thereof, under Article 91, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure with regard to a motion or statement filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is to be made by means of the paper document referred to in the preceding paragraph. The same applies to the service or transmission of documents pertaining to that motion or statement. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-16-4/par-1: この条 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四 (Article 16-4), art-16-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4 - art-16-4/par-1: 次項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第二項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (2)), art-16-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-2 - art-16-4/par-1: 第四項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第四項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (4)), art-16-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-4 - art-16-4/par-1: この項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-1: 第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第三項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (3)), art-16-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-3 - art-16-4/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-4: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-4: この項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第四項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (4)), art-16-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-4 - art-16-4/par-5: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-5: 第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第三項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (3)), art-16-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-3 - art-16-4/par-6: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-4/par-6: 民事訴訟法第九十一条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-1 - art-16-4/par-6: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第三項 (Article 91, paragraph (3)), art-91/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-3 - art-16-4/par-6: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第五項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (5)), art-16-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第一項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-1 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第二項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-2 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第三項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-3 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第四項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-4 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第五項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-5 - 人事訴訟法 第十六条の四第六項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-16-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-16-4/par-6 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02