# 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 — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（保護命令の申立てについての決定等） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（保護命令の申立てについての決定等） — (Decision on a Petition for a Protection Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15 **第一項** 保護命令の申立てについての決定には、理由を付さなければならない。ただし、口頭弁論を経ないで決定をする場合には、理由の要旨を示せば足りる。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15/par-1 A decision on a petition for a protection order must contain the reasons therefor; however, if the decision is reached without oral arguments, it is sufficient to indicate the gist of the reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保護命令は、相手方に対する決定書の送達又は相手方が出頭した口頭弁論若しくは審尋の期日における言渡しによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15/par-2 A protection order becomes effective when the written decision is delivered to the opposite party or when the decision has been rendered on the date of oral arguments or a hearing which the opposite party attended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 保護命令を発したときは、裁判所書記官は、速やかにその旨及びその内容を申立人の住所又は居所を管轄する警視総監又は道府県警察本部長に通知するものとする。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15/par-3 When a protection order has been issued, the court clerk is to promptly notify the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department or the chief of the prefectural police headquarters with jurisdiction over the domicile or residence of the petitioner of this fact and the details thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保護命令を発した場合において、申立人が配偶者暴力相談支援センターの職員に対し相談し、又は援助若しくは保護を求めた事実があり、かつ、申立書に当該事実に係る第十二条第一項第五号イからニまで又は同条第二項第三号イからニまでに掲げる事項の記載があるときは、裁判所書記官は、速やかに、保護命令を発した旨及びその内容を、当該申立書に名称が記載された配偶者暴力相談支援センター（当該申立書に名称が記載された配偶者暴力相談支援センターが二以上ある場合にあっては、申立人がその職員に対し相談し、又は援助若しくは保護を求めた日時が最も遅い配偶者暴力相談支援センター）の長に通知するものとする。 art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15/par-4 If a protection order has been issued, and it is known that the petitioner has received counseling or requested assistance or protection from personnel at a spousal violence counseling and support center, and the written petition contains the matters set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1), items (v), (a) through (d) or Article 12, paragraph (2), items (iii), (a) through (d) pertaining to the relevant facts, the court clerk is to promptly notify the chief of the spousal violence counseling and support center whose name is stated in the written petition (if the names of two or more spousal violence counseling and support centers are stated in the written petition, the one where the petitioner most recently received counseling or requested assistance or protection from the personnel) of the fact that the protection order has been issued and the details thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 保護命令は、執行力を有しない。 art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-15/par-5 A protection order is not enforceable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15/par-4: 第十二条第一項第五号 → 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 第十二条第一項第五号 (Article 12, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-12/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-12/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-12/par-1/item-5 - art-15/par-4: 同条第二項第三号 → 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 第十二条第二項第三号 (Article 12, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-12/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-12/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-12/par-2/item-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite 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 第八条の二第一項（警察本部長等の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-8-2/par-1 - 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 第十六条第七項（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-16/par-7 - 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 第十六条第八項（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-16/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-16/par-8 - 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 第十七条第七項（保護命令の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-17/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-17/par-7 --- ## 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