# 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 — 第二十一条 (Article 21)
- 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（民事訴訟法の準用） — address `art-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21
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### 第二十一条（民事訴訟法の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21
**第一項** この法律に特別の定めがある場合を除き、保護命令に関する手続に関しては、その性質に反しない限り、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第一編から第四編までの規定（同法第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項並びに第二百三十二条の二の規定を除く。）を準用する。この場合において、次の表の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
第百十二条第一項本文 前条の規定による措置を開始した 裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた
第百十二条第一項ただし書 前条の規定による措置を開始した 当該掲示を始めた
第百十三条 書類又は電磁的記録 書類
記載又は記録 記載
第百十一条の規定による措置を開始した 裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた
第百三十三条の三第一項 記載され、又は記録された書面又は電磁的記録 記載された書面
当該書面又は電磁的記録 当該書面
又は電磁的記録その他これに類する書面又は電磁的記録 その他これに類する書面
第百五十一条第二項及び第二百三十一条の二第二項 方法又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する方法 方法
第百六十条第一項 最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子調書（期日又は期日外における手続の方式、内容及び経過等の記録及び公証をするためにこの法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所書記官が作成する電磁的記録をいう。以下同じ。） 調書
第百六十条第三項 前項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書の内容に 調書の記載について
第百六十条第四項 第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書 調書
当該電子調書 当該調書
第百六十条の二第一項 前条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された電子調書の内容 調書の記載
第百六十条の二第二項 その旨をファイルに記録して 調書を作成して
第二百五条第三項 事項又は前項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項若しくは同項の記録媒体に記録された事項 事項
第二百十五条第四項 事項又は第二項の規定によりファイルに記録された事項若しくは同項の記録媒体に記録された事項 事項
第二百三十一条の三第二項 若しくは送付し、又は最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する 又は送付する
第二百六十一条第四項 電子調書 調書
記録しなければ 記載しなければ
art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21/par-1
Except as otherwise specially provided for by this Act, the provisions of Parts I through IV of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) (excluding the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), and Article 232-2 of the same Act) apply mutatis mutandis to procedures for a protection order, to the extent that this is not inconsistent with their nature. In this case, each term listed in the middle column of the following table within the provisions of the same Act listed in the left-hand column of the same table is deemed to be replaced with the respective term listed in the right-hand column of the same table.
Article 112, paragraph (1), main clause commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article started posting, in the posting area for the court, notice that the court clerk has retained the document to be served and will deliver it to the person that is to be served at any time
Article 112, paragraph (1), proviso commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article started that posting
Article 113 documents or electronic or magnetic records documents
writing or recording writing
commenced the measures under the provisions of Article 111 started posting, in the posting area for the court, notice that the court clerk has retained the document to be served and will deliver it to the person that is to be served at any time
Article 133-3, paragraph (1) written or recorded document or electronic or magnetic record written document
the document or electronic or magnetic record the document
or electronic or magnetic record or other similar document or electronic or magnetic record or other similar document
Article 151, paragraph (2) and Article 231-2, paragraph (2) method or a method using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court method
Article 160, paragraph (1) as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, an electronic record (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared by a court clerk pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations for recording and certifying the form, content and progress, etc. of procedures on a date for proceedings or on an occasion other than such a date; the same applies hereinafter) record
Article 160, paragraph (3) the contents of the electronic record recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph the entries in the record
Article 160, paragraph (4) the electronic record recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) record
that electronic record that record
Article 160-2, paragraph (1) the contents of the electronic record recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article the entries in the record
Article 160-2, paragraph (2) recording a statement to that effect in the file preparing a record
Article 205, paragraph (3) matters or matters recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or matters recorded in the recording medium referred to in that paragraph matters
Article 215, paragraph (4) matters or matters recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or matters recorded in the recording medium referred to in that paragraph matters
Article 231-3, paragraph (2) or send, or use an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court or send
Article 261, paragraph (4) electronic record record
must record must enter
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- art-21/par-1: 同法第七十一条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第九十一条の二 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2), art-91-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第九十二条第九項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第九十二条第九項 (Article 92, paragraph (9)), art-92/par-9 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第十項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第九十二条第十項 (Article 92, paragraph (10)), art-92/par-10 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第九十二条の二第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第九十二条の二第二項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (2)), art-92-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第九十四条 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百十一条 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第五項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百三十三条の二第五項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (5)), art-133-2/par-5 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第六項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百三十三条の二第六項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (6)), art-133-2/par-6 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百三十三条の三第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百三十三条の三第二項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (2)), art-133-3/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百五十一条第三項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百五十一条第三項 (Article 151, paragraph (3)), art-151/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百六十条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第百八十五条第三項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第百八十五条第三項 (Article 185, paragraph (3)), art-185/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第二百五条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第二百十五条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第二百二十七条第二項 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第二百二十七条第二項 (Article 227, paragraph (2)), art-227/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-21/par-1: 第二百三十二条の二 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第二百三十二条の二 (Article 232-2), art-232-2 — not held in this collection
## 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 附則第三条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2
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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch spousal-violence-act-20261010T231659-001, translated 2026-10-11
- 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