# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第三十五条 (Article 35)

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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: 第三十五条 (Article 35)（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — address `art-35`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35
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### 第三十五条（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — (Access to Parts of Case Records Concerning Examination of Facts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35</sup>

  **第一項**  訴訟記録中事実の調査に係る部分（以下この条において「事実調査部分」という。）についての民事訴訟法第九十一条第一項、第三項又は第四項の規定による閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又はその複製（以下この条において「閲覧等」という。）の請求は、裁判所が次項又は第三項の規定により許可したときに限り、することができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-1</sup>
  A person may file a request under Article 91, paragraph (1), (3) or (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure for inspection or copying, delivery of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of it, or reproduction of it (referred to below as "inspection, etc." in this Article) with respect to a part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts (referred to below as the "part of the record concerning an examination of the facts" in this Article) only if the court gives its permission pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph or paragraph (3).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  裁判所は、当事者から事実調査部分の閲覧等の許可の申立てがあった場合においては、その閲覧等を許可しなければならない。ただし、当該事実調査部分中閲覧等を行うことにより次に掲げるおそれがあると認められる部分については、相当と認めるときに限り、その閲覧等を許可することができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2</sup>
  If a party files a petition for permission for inspection, etc. of the part of the record concerning an examination of the facts, the court must permit that inspection, etc. provided, however, that as it relates to a part of the record concerning an examination of the facts for which it is found that the following risks could arise from conducting the inspection, etc., the court may permit that inspection, etc. only if the court finds this to be appropriate:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  当事者間に成年に達しない子がある場合におけるその子の利益を害するおそれ
    <sup>art-35/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2/item-1</sup>
    a risk of harming the interests of a child the parties have who has not yet reached adulthood, if applicable;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当事者又は第三者の私生活又は業務の平穏を害するおそれ
    <sup>art-35/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2/item-2</sup>
    a risk of disrupting the private life or business of a party or a third party; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  当事者又は第三者の私生活についての重大な秘密が明らかにされることにより、その者が社会生活を営むのに著しい支障を生じ、又はその者の名誉を著しく害するおそれ
    <sup>art-35/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the risk that revealing a deep personal secret from the private life of a party or a third party could substantially interfere with their life in the community or cause substantial harm to their reputation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  裁判所は、利害関係を疎明した第三者から事実調査部分の閲覧等の許可の申立てがあった場合においては、相当と認めるときは、その閲覧等を許可することができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-3</sup>
  If a third party makes a prima facie showing of interest and files a petition for permission for inspection, etc. of the part of the record concerning an examination of the facts, the court may permit that inspection, etc. if it finds this to be appropriate.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  第二項の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-4</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision denying the petition referred to in paragraph (2).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  前項の規定による即時抗告が人事訴訟に関する手続を不当に遅延させることを目的としてされたものであると認められるときは、原裁判所は、その即時抗告を却下しなければならない。
  <sup>art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-5</sup>
  If it is found that the immediate appeal under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed for the purpose of unjustly delaying personal status litigation procedures, the court of first instance must dismiss it.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  前項の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-6</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  第三項の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
  <sup>art-35/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-7</sup>
  No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (3).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第八項**  事実調査部分については、民事訴訟法第百三十三条の二及び第百三十三条の三の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-35/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-8</sup>
  The provisions of Article 133-2 and Article 133-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35/par-1: この条 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35
- art-35/par-1: 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-35/par-1: 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-35/par-1: 第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条第四項 (Article 91, paragraph (4)), art-91/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91/par-4
- art-35/par-1: 次項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第二項 (Article 35, paragraph (2)), art-35/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2
- art-35/par-1: 第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第三項 (Article 35, paragraph (3)), art-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-3
- art-35/par-4: 第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第二項 (Article 35, paragraph (2)), art-35/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-2
- art-35/par-5: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第四項 (Article 35, paragraph (4)), art-35/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-4
- art-35/par-6: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第五項 (Article 35, paragraph (5)), art-35/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-5
- art-35/par-7: 第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第三項 (Article 35, paragraph (3)), art-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-3
- art-35/par-8: 民事訴訟法第百三十三条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二 (Article 133-2), art-133-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2
- art-35/par-8: 第百三十三条の三 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三 (Article 133-3), art-133-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3

## Cited by

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

- 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第一項（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-1
- 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第四項（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-4
- 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第五項（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-5
- 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第六項（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-6
- 人事訴訟法 第三十五条第七項（事実調査部分の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-35/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-35/par-7

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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-20261102T174633-002, 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-20261102T174633-002, 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
