# 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 / Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — 第十三条 (Article 13) - Law: 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 (Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims), 平成十三年法律第三十一号 - English title "Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims": 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（迅速な裁判） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-13 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十三条（迅速な裁判） — (Prompt Judicial Decision) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-13 **第一項** 裁判所は、接近禁止命令、第十条第二項から第四項までの規定による命令及び退去等命令（以下「保護命令」という。）の申立てに係る事件については、速やかに裁判をするものとする。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-13/par-1 The court is to render judicial decisions promptly on cases pertaining to petitions for stay-away orders, orders under the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (2) through (4), and eviction orders (hereinafter "protection order"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 第十条第二項から第四項まで → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10/par-2 - art-13/par-1: 第十条第二項から第四項まで → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10/par-3 - art-13/par-1: 第十条第二項から第四項まで → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第十条第四項 (Article 10, paragraph (4)), art-10/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0100000031/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10