# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4. 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（人事訴訟の管轄等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-109/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（人事訴訟の管轄等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Jurisdiction, etc. over Personal Status Litigation caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4151-109/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-4 **第一項** 新法の施行の際現に係属している人事訴訟の管轄及び移送に関しては、附則第十四条の規定による改正後の裁判所法（昭和二十二年法律第五十九号）第二十四条第一号及び第三十一条の三第一項の規定並びに第四条から第七条まで及び第三十一条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1 With regard to the jurisdiction over and transfer of personal status litigation that is pending at the time the New Act comes into force, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, item (i) and Article 31-3, paragraph (1) of the Courts Act (Act No. 59 of 1947) as amended by Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions and the provisions of Articles 4 through 7 and Article 31 of this Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新法の施行の際現に係属している人事訴訟の目的と同一の身分関係の形成又は存否の確認を目的とする請求に係る人事訴訟の管轄に関しては、新法の施行後においても、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-2 With regard to the jurisdiction over personal status litigation concerning a claim whose purpose is to change the status of, or to obtain a declaratory judgment as to whether there exists, the same familial relationship as the subject of personal status litigation that is pending at the time the New Act comes into force, the provisions then in force continue to govern even after the New Act comes into force. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新法の施行の際現に係属している保全命令事件の管轄に関しては、第三十条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-3 With regard to the jurisdiction over a case concerning an order for provisional remedies that is pending at the time the New Act comes into force, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 30. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 裁判所法（昭和二十二年法律第五十九号）第二十四条第一号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000059, 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第三十一条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000059, 第三十一条の三第一項 (Article 31-3, paragraph (1)), art-31-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第四条から第七条まで → 人事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-4 - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第四条から第七条まで → 人事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-5 - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第四条から第七条まで → 人事訴訟法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-6 - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第四条から第七条まで → 人事訴訟法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-7 - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-1: 第三十一条 → 人事訴訟法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-31 - suppl-4151-109/art-4/par-3: 第三十条 → 人事訴訟法 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-30 --- ## 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-20261102T174633-003, 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-20261102T174633-003, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 223 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02