# Article 37, paragraph (2), its wordings — Personal Status Litigation Act

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How the wording of Article 37, paragraph (2) (第三十七条第二項) 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: Article 37, paragraph (2) (第三十七条第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-37/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-37/par-2)
- 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:

> 前項の場合における民事訴訟法第二百六十七条第一項及び第二百六十七条の二第一項の規定の適用については、同法第二百六十七条第一項中「について電子調書を作成し、これをファイルに記録した」とあるのは「を調書に記載した」と、「その記録」とあるのは「その記載」と、同法第二百六十七条の二第一項中「規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書」とあるのは「調書」とする。

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

> With regard to the application of Article 267, paragraph (1) and Article 267-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "creates an electronic record of a settlement or of the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim and records it in the court's computer files" in Article 267, paragraph (1) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "enters a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in a record", the phrase "that entry" is deemed to be replaced with "that statement", and the phrase "an electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 267-2, paragraph (1) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "a record referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article".

## 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)