# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — (Suspending Open Proceedings to Examine the Parties) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22 **第一項** 人事訴訟における当事者本人若しくは法定代理人（以下この項及び次項において「当事者等」という。）又は証人が当該人事訴訟の目的である身分関係の形成又は存否の確認の基礎となる事項であって自己の私生活上の重大な秘密に係るものについて尋問を受ける場合においては、裁判所は、裁判官の全員一致により、その当事者等又は証人が公開の法廷で当該事項について陳述をすることにより社会生活を営むのに著しい支障を生ずることが明らかであることから当該事項について十分な陳述をすることができず、かつ、当該陳述を欠くことにより他の証拠のみによっては当該身分関係の形成又は存否の確認のための適正な裁判をすることができないと認めるときは、決定で、当該事項の尋問を公開しないで行うことができる。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-1 The court may issue a ruling to conduct an examination concerning a particular matter in camera if a party to personal status litigation or their legal representative (collectively referred to below as a "party or representative" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) or a witness is to be examined regarding a matter that is the basis for the familial relationship status change or declaratory judgment as to whether a familial relationship exists that is the subject matter of the action being litigated, and that concerns a deep personal secret from the private life of the person subject to examination, if the court finds unanimously that the party, representative, or witness would be unable to enter a sufficient statement regarding the subject matter in open court because it is clear that doing so would substantially interfere with their life in the community, and that the court cannot make an appropriate judicial decision on the status change or declaratory judgment in question in the absence of the statement, based solely on the other evidence. 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、当事者等及び証人の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-2 Before issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must listen to the opinions of each party or representative, and witness. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、第一項の規定により当該事項の尋問を公開しないで行うときは、公衆を退廷させる前に、その旨を理由とともに言い渡さなければならない。当該事項の尋問が終了したときは、再び公衆を入廷させなければならない。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-3 If a court conducts an examination concerning a particular matter in camera pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must make an announcement to that effect along with the reasons for doing so before having the public leave the courtroom. Once the examination concerning the matter in question has ended, the court must allow the public to re-enter the courtroom. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1: この項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-1: 次項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-2 - art-22/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-1 - 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第二項（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-2 - 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第三項（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-22/par-3 --- ## 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