# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33. 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（事実の調査） — address `art-33` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33 - 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. --- ### 第三十三条（事実の調査） — (Examination of the Facts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33 **第一項** 裁判所は、前条第一項の附帯処分についての裁判又は同条第三項の親権者の指定についての裁判をするに当たっては、事実の調査をすることができる。 art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-1 In order to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article, the court may conduct an investigation of the facts. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In order to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article, the court may conduct a investigation of the facts." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、合議体の構成員に命じ、又は家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所に嘱託して前項の事実の調査（以下単に「事実の調査」という。）をさせることができる。 art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-2 If the court finds it appropriate, it may issue an order to the members of a panel or issue a commission to a family court or summary court and have those members or that court conduct the investigation of the facts referred to in the preceding paragraph (simply referred to below as an "examination of the facts"). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court finds it appropriate, it may issue an order to the members of a panel or issue a commission to a family court or summary court and have those members or that court conduct the investigation of the facts referred to in the preceding paragraph (simply referred to below as a "examination of the facts")." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第三項** 前項の規定により受命裁判官又は受託裁判官が事実の調査をする場合には、裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。 art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-3 If an authorized judge or commissioned judge conducts an examination of the facts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the duties of the court and of the presiding judge are performed by that judge. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an authorized judge or commissioned judge conducts a examination of the facts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the duties of the court and of the presiding judge are performed by that judge." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第四項** 裁判所が審問期日を開いて当事者の陳述を聴くことにより事実の調査をするときは、他の当事者は、当該期日に立ち会うことができる。ただし、当該他の当事者が当該期日に立ち会うことにより事実の調査に支障を生ずるおそれがあると認められるときは、この限りでない。 art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-4 If the court sets a hearing date and hears one party's statements in order to conduct an examination of the facts, the other party may attend the hearing provided, however, that this does not apply if the other party's attendance risks hindering the examination of the facts. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court sets a hearing date and hears one party's statements in order to conduct a examination of the facts , the other party may attend the hearing provided, however, that this does not apply if the other party's attendance risks hindering the examination of the facts." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第五項** 事実の調査の手続は、公開しない。ただし、裁判所は、相当と認める者の傍聴を許すことができる。 art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-5 The proceedings in an examination of the facts are not open to the public provided, however, that the court may permit observation by a person whom it considers to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The proceedings in a examination of the facts are not open to the public provided, however, that the court may permit observation by a person whom it considers to be appropriate." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第六項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方が音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、第四項の審問期日における手続を行うことができる。 art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-6 If a court finds it to be reasonable, the court may, after hearing the opinions of both parties, perform procedures on a hearing date referred to in paragraph (4) by a method of communication that enables the court and both parties to simultaneously communicate with one another by audio transmission as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の審問期日に出頭しないでその手続に関与した当事者は、その審問期日に出頭したものとみなす。 art-33/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-7 A party who does not appear on a hearing date referred to in the preceding paragraph and participates in the proceedings is deemed to have appeared on that hearing date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-33/par-1: 前条第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-32/par-1 - art-33/par-1: 同条第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-32/par-3 - art-33/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-1 - art-33/par-3: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-2 - art-33/par-6: 第四項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第四項 (Article 33, paragraph (4)), art-33/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-4 - art-33/par-7: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第六項 (Article 33, paragraph (6)), art-33/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第二項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-2 - 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第三項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-3 - 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第六項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-6 - 人事訴訟法 第三十三条第七項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-33/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-33/par-7 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Personal Status Litigation Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (人事訴訟法), Article 33, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 33, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 33, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 33, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 33, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), 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