# 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 — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（職務関係者による配慮等） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（職務関係者による配慮等） — (Consideration by Related Officials) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23 **第一項** 配偶者からの暴力に係る被害者の保護、捜査、裁判等に職務上関係のある者（次項において「職務関係者」という。）は、その職務を行うに当たり、被害者の心身の状況、その置かれている環境等を踏まえ、被害者の国籍、障害の有無等を問わずその人権を尊重するとともに、その安全の確保及び秘密の保持に十分な配慮をしなければならない。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23/par-1 Persons with duties related to the protection of victims, investigations, and judicial decisions pertaining to spousal violence (referred to as "related officials" in the following paragraph) must, in the performance of their duties, take into consideration the psychological and physical circumstances of the victims and the environment, etc. in which they are placed, respect their human rights regardless of their nationality, disabilities, etc., and give due consideration to ensuring their safety and protecting their privacy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国及び地方公共団体は、職務関係者に対し、被害者の人権、配偶者からの暴力の特性等に関する理解を深めるために必要な研修及び啓発を行うものとする。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23/par-2 The national government and local public entities are to conduct training and enlightenment activities necessary to deepen the related officials' understanding concerning the human rights of victims, the characteristics of spousal violence, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23/par-1: 次項 → 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 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23/par-2 ## 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 第二十三条第一項（職務関係者による配慮等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-23/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