# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29)

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- 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（民事訴訟法の適用関係） — address `art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-29
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-29
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### 第二十九条（民事訴訟法の適用関係） — (Application of the Code of Civil Procedure)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-29</sup>

  **第一項**  人事に関する訴えについては、民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで、第百四十五条第三項及び第百四十六条第三項の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-29/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Articles 3-2 through 3-10, Article 145, paragraph (3), and Article 146, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to a personal status action.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  人事訴訟に関する手続においては、民事訴訟法第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第百三十二条の六第三項、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百六十一条第三項第三号、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項、第二百三十二条の二、第二百五十三条第二項並びに第七編の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-29/par-2</sup>
  In personal status litigation proceedings, the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Article 132-6, paragraph (3), Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 161, paragraph (3), item (iii), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), Article 232-2, Article 253, paragraph (2), and Part VII of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  人事訴訟に関する手続についての民事訴訟法の規定の適用については、別表の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
  <sup>art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-29/par-3</sup>
  With regard to the application of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure to personal status litigation proceedings, the terms and phrases listed in the middle column of the Appended Table in the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure listed in the left-hand column of the table are to be respectively replaced with the terms and phrases listed in the right-hand column of the table.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の十 (Article 3-10), art-3-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-10
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の二 (Article 3-2), art-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の四 (Article 3-4), art-3-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の五 (Article 3-5), art-3-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の六 (Article 3-6), art-3-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-6
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七 (Article 3-7), art-3-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の八 (Article 3-8), art-3-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-8
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の九 (Article 3-9), art-3-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-9
- art-29/par-1: 第百四十五条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第三項 (Article 145, paragraph (3)), art-145/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-3
- art-29/par-1: 第百四十六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十六条第三項 (Article 146, paragraph (3)), art-146/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-146/par-3
- art-29/par-2: 民事訴訟法第七十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第九十一条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2), art-91-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2
- art-29/par-2: 第九十二条第九項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第九項 (Article 92, paragraph (9)), art-92/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-9
- art-29/par-2: 第十項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第十項 (Article 92, paragraph (10)), art-92/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-10
- art-29/par-2: 第九十二条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条の二第二項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (2)), art-92-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92-2/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第九十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94
- art-29/par-2: 第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-100/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第百十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111
- art-29/par-2: 第百三十二条の六第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の六第三項 (Article 132-6, paragraph (3)), art-132-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-6/par-3
- art-29/par-2: 第百三十三条の二第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第五項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (5)), art-133-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-5
- art-29/par-2: 第六項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第六項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (6)), art-133-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-6
- art-29/par-2: 第百三十三条の三第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三第二項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (2)), art-133-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第百五十一条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第三項 (Article 151, paragraph (3)), art-151/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-3
- art-29/par-2: 第百六十条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第百六十一条第三項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十一条第三項第三号 (Article 161, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-161/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-161/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-161/par-3/item-3
- art-29/par-2: 第百八十五条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第三項 (Article 185, paragraph (3)), art-185/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-3
- art-29/par-2: 第二百五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第二百十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第二百二十七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十七条第二項 (Article 227, paragraph (2)), art-227/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227/par-2
- art-29/par-2: 第二百三十二条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十二条の二 (Article 232-2), art-232-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-232-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-232-2
- art-29/par-2: 第二百五十三条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条第二項 (Article 253, paragraph (2)), art-253/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-2

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 人事訴訟法 附則第七条第一項（民事訴訟法の適用関係に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-7/par-1
- 人事訴訟法 附則第二条第三項（人事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4301-20/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4301-20/art-2/par-3
- 人事訴訟法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/appdx-1

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02