# Appended Table 1, its wordings — Personal Status Litigation Act

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How the wording of Appended Table 1 (別表第一) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act
- Provision: Appended Table 1 (別表第一) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/appdx-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/appdx-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 第二十五条第一項	地方裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判官の所属する裁判所が、簡易裁判所の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所	家庭裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避については、その裁判官の所属する裁判所
> 第二十五条第二項、第百三十二条の五第一項、第百八十五条第一項及び第二項、第二百三十五条第二項及び第三項、第二百六十九条第一項、第三百二十九条第三項並びに第三百三十七条第一項	地方裁判所	家庭裁判所
> 第四十五条第五項第三号	交付又は当該事項を証明した電磁的記録の提供	交付
> 第九十一条の三	交付し、又は当該事項を記録した電磁的記録であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該事項を証明したものを最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法により提供する	交付する
> 第百十二条第一項本文	前条の規定による措置を開始した	裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた
> 第百十二条第一項ただし書	前条の規定による措置を開始した	当該掲示を始めた
> 第百十三条	書類又は電磁的記録	書類
> 記載又は記録	記載
> 第百十一条の規定による措置を開始した	裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた
> 第百二十八条第二項	第二百五十五条（第三百七十四条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定による第二百五十五条第一項に規定する電子判決書又は電子調書	判決書又は人事訴訟法（平成十五年法律第百九号）第二十九条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する第二百五十四条第二項の調書
> 第百三十二条の七	記録（ファイル記録事項に係る部分を除く。）	記録
> 交付又は当該事項を証明した電磁的記録の提供	交付
> 第百三十三条の三第一項	記載され、又は記録された書面又は電磁的記録	記載された書面
> 当該書面又は電磁的記録	当該書面
> 又は電磁的記録その他これに類する書面又は電磁的記録	その他これに類する書面
> 第百五十一条第二項及び第二百三十一条の二第二項	方法又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する方法	方法
> 第百六十条第一項	最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子調書（期日又は期日外における手続の方式、内容及び経過等の記録及び公証をするためにこの法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所書記官が作成する電磁的記録をいう。以下同じ。）	調書
> 第百六十条第三項	前項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書の内容に	調書の記載について
> 第百六十条第四項	第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書	調書
> 当該電子調書	当該調書
> 第百六十条の二第一項	前条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書の内容	調書の記載
> 第百六十条の二第二項	その旨をファイルに記録して	調書を作成して
> 第二百五条第三項	事項又は前項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項若しくは同項の記録媒体に記録された事項	事項
> 第二百十五条第四項	事項又は第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項若しくは同項の記録媒体に記録された事項	事項
> 第二百三十一条の三第二項	若しくは送付し、又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する	又は送付する
> 第二百五十二条第一項	最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を記録した電磁的記録（以下「電子判決書」という。）	次に掲げる事項を記載した判決書
> 第二百五十二条第二項	記録	記載
> 第二百五十三条第一項及び第二百五十四条第一項	電子判決書	判決書の原本
> 第二百五十四条第二項	電子判決書	判決書
> 電子調書に記録させなければ	調書に記載させなければ
> 第二百五十五条第一項	電子判決書（第二百五十三条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。次項、第二百八十五条、第三百五十五条第二項、第三百五十七条、第三百七十八条第一項及び第三百八十一条の七第一項において同じ。）	判決書
> 規定により当事者及び法定代理人、主文、請求並びに理由の要旨が記録された電子調書（第百六十条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。次項、第二百六十一条第五項、第二百八十五条、第三百五十七条及び第三百七十八条第一項において同じ。）	調書
> 第二百五十五条第二項第一号	電子判決書又は電子調書に記録されている事項を記載した書面であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該書面の内容が当該電子判決書又は当該電子調書に記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したもの	判決書の正本
> 第二百五十五条第二項第二号	第百九条の二の規定による	前条第二項の調書の謄本の
> 第二百五十六条第三項	電子呼出状（第九十四条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。）	呼出状
> 第二百五十六条第三項第一号	第百九条の規定による送達	公示送達
> 同条の規定により作成した書面を送達すべき場所に宛てて発した時	人事訴訟法第二十九条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する第百十二条の規定により公示送達の効力が生じた時
> 第二百五十六条第三項第二号	第百九条の二の規定による送達	公示送達の方法以外の送達
> 同条第一項本文の通知が発せられた時	送達をすべき場所に宛てて呼出状を発した時
> 第二百六十一条第四項	電子調書	調書
> 記録しなければ	記載しなければ
> 第二百六十一条第五項	記録された電子調書	記載された調書の謄本
> 第二百八十一条第一項	地方裁判所が第一審としてした終局判決又は簡易裁判所	家庭裁判所
> 第二百八十五条	電子判決書	判決書
> 規定により当事者及び法定代理人、主文、請求並びに理由の要旨が記録された電子調書	調書
> 第三百十一条第二項	地方裁判所の判決に対しては最高裁判所に、簡易裁判所の判決に対しては高等裁判所	家庭裁判所の判決に対しては最高裁判所
> 第三百三十六条第一項	地方裁判所及び簡易裁判所	家庭裁判所

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> Article 25, paragraph (1)	a single district court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the court to which the judge belongs, and the judicial decision on the disqualification of or challenge against a summary court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the district court of jurisdiction in that locality	a single family court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the court to which the judge belongs
> Article 25, paragraph (2), Article 132-5, paragraph (1), Article 185, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 235, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 269, paragraph (1), Article 329, paragraph (3), and Article 337, paragraph (1)	district court	family court
> Article 45, paragraph (5), item (iii)	to issue a paper document certifying information concerning the litigation as prescribed in Article 91-3, or to provide electronic or magnetic records certifying that information	to issue a paper document certifying information concerning the litigation as prescribed in Article 91-3
> Article 91-3	issue a paper document containing information concerning the litigation that the court clerk certifies by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; or to provide an electronic or magnetic record containing information concerning the litigation that the court clerk certifies by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court to record it in a file stored on the computer that the party is using, or by any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court	issue a paper document containing information concerning the litigation that the court clerk certifies by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court
> Article 112, paragraph (1), main clause	the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced	the court clerk started to post a notice on the court's bulletin board to the effect that the court clerk will keep the document to be served and will deliver it to the person to be served at any time
> Article 112, paragraph (1), proviso	the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced	the posting was started
> Article 113	document or electronic or magnetic record	document
> statement or record	statement
> the measures under the provisions of Article 111 were commenced	the court clerk started to post a notice on the court's bulletin board to the effect that the court clerk will keep the document to be served and will deliver it to the person to be served at any time
> Article 128, paragraph (2)	an electronic judgment or electronic record as prescribed in Article 255, paragraph (1) under the provisions of Article 255 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 374, paragraph (2); the same applies in this paragraph)	a written judgment or the record referred to in Article 254, paragraph (2) as applied with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003)
> Article 132-7	records of a case in which there has been a petition for a disposition as referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1) (other than a part of those records that constitutes information from the court's computer files)	records of a case in which there has been a petition for a disposition as referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1)
> to be issued a paper document certifying information in a case in which there has been a petition for the disposition referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1) or to be provided with an electronic or magnetic record certifying that information	to be issued a paper document certifying information in a case in which there has been a petition for the disposition referred to in Article 132-4, paragraph (1)
> Article 133-3, paragraph (1)	a paper document or electronic or magnetic record containing a report of the results of the commissioned investigation	a paper document containing a report of the results of the commissioned investigation
> that document or record	that document
> or electronic or magnetic records under Article 100 concerning service effected based on the report, and to any other case records or filing records connected with similar paper documents or electronic or magnetic records	under Article 100 concerning service effected based on the report, and to any other case records or filing records connected with similar paper documents
> Article 151, paragraph (2) and Article 231-2, paragraph (2)	or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court	
> Article 160, paragraph (1)	an electronic record (meaning an electronic or magnetic record that a court clerk prepares pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any other laws and regulations for the purpose of recording or authenticating the form, content, progress, etc. of proceedings conducted on a court date or outside of a court date; the same applies below), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court	a record
> Article 160, paragraph (3)	to the content of the electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph	to the statements in the record
> Article 160, paragraph (4)	the electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)	the record
> the electronic record	the record
> Article 160-2, paragraph (1)	an electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article	a statement in a record
> Article 160-2, paragraph (2)	recording an indication of this in the court's computer files	preparing a record
> Article 205, paragraph (3)	information given in a paper document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files or the information recorded in a recording medium under the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph	information given in a paper document under paragraph (1)
> Article 215, paragraph (4)	the information detailed in a document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or the particulars recorded in a recording medium as referred to in that paragraph	the information detailed in a document under paragraph (1)
> Article 231-3, paragraph (2)	submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court	submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored
> Article 252, paragraph (1)	an electronic or magnetic record in which it records the following things ( referred to below as an "electronic judgment"), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court	a written judgment stating the following things
> Article 252, paragraph (2)	record of the facts	statement of the facts
> Article 253, paragraph (1) and Article 254, paragraph (1)	electronic judgment	original of the written judgment
> Article 254, paragraph (2)	an electronic judgment	a written judgment
> make a record of the parties and legal representatives, the main text of the judgment, the claims, and the gist of the grounds, in the electronic record	enter the parties and legal representatives, the main text of the judgment, the claims, and the gist of the grounds in the record
> Article 255, paragraph (1)	An electronic judgment (limited to one recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 253, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, Article 285, Article 355, paragraph (2), Article 357, Article 378, paragraph (1) and Article 381-7, paragraph (1))	A written judgment
> an electronic record containing a record of the parties and legal representatives, the main text of the judgment, the claims, and the gist of the grounds pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (limited to a statement recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 160, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, Article 261, paragraph (5), Article 285, Article 357 and Article 378, paragraph (1))	the record referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article
> Article 255, paragraph (2), item (i)	a document that gives the information recorded in an electronic judgment or electronic record and whose content the court clerk has certified, by a means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, to be identical to what is recorded in the electronic judgment or electronic record	an authenticated copy of the written judgment
> Article 255, paragraph (2), item (ii)	service under the provisions of Article 109-2	service of a transcript of the record referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article
> Article 256, paragraph (3)	an electronic writ of summons (limited to a summons recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 94, paragraph (2))	a writ of summons
> Article 256, paragraph (3), item (i)	service under the provisions of Article 109	service by publication
> the time when a document created pursuant to the provisions of that Article is sent off to the place where service is to be effected	the time when service by publication takes effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 112 as applied with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Personal Status Litigation Act
> Article 256, paragraph (3), item (ii)	service under the provisions of Article 109-2	service by a means other than service by publication
> the time when a notice under the main clause of paragraph (1) of that Article is sent off	the time when a writ of summons is sent off to the place where service is to be effected
> Article 261, paragraph (4)	electronic record	record
> must record	must enter
> Article 261, paragraph (5)	an electronic record indicating that action has been withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph	a transcript of the record indicating that action has been withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph
> Article 281, paragraph (1)	a final judgment that a district court has entered as the court of first instance, or against a final judgment entered by a summary court	a final judgment entered by a family court
> Article 285	the electronic judgment	the written judgment
> an electronic record indicating the parties and legal representatives, the main text, the claims, and the gist of the grounds pursuant to the provisions of Article 254, paragraph (2)	the record referred to in Article 254, paragraph (2)
> Article 311, paragraph (2)	a final appeal may be filed directly with the Supreme Court against a district court judgment, and may be filed directly with a high court against a summary court judgment	a final appeal may be filed directly with the Supreme Court against a family court judgment
> Article 336, paragraph (1)	district court or summary court	family court

## 2. By 13 June 2028 — Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 13 June 2028
- The amendment: Removed (Act No. 53 of 2023) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053

Japanese:

(none: the provision is not in the law at this point)

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20280613_505AC0000000053)