# 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 — 第十四条の二 (Article 14-2) - 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: 第十四条の二 (Article 14-2)（期日の呼出し） — address `art-14-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-2 - 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. --- ### 第十四条の二（期日の呼出し） — (Summons for Appearance Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-2 **第一項** 保護命令に関する手続における期日の呼出しは、呼出状の送達、当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知その他相当と認める方法によってする。 art-14-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-2/par-1 A summons for an appearance date in the proceedings for a protection order is to be made by serving a writ of summons, making an announcement of the date to a person who has appeared in connection with the case in question, or any other method that is found to be reasonable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 呼出状の送達及び当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知以外の方法による期日の呼出しをしたときは、期日に出頭しない者に対し、法律上の制裁その他期日の不遵守による不利益を帰することができない。ただし、その者が期日の呼出しを受けた旨を記載した書面を提出したときは、この限りでない。 art-14-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-2/par-2 If a summons for an appearance date is made other than through the service of a writ of summons or an announcement of the date to a person who has appeared in connection with the case in question, no legal sanction or other disadvantage may be attributed to a person who does not appear on that date; however, this does not apply if the relevant person has submitted a document stating that the person has received a summons for the appearance date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 附則第三条第一項（民事訴訟法等改正法の施行の日の前日までの間の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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