# 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 — 第三十一条 (Article 31)
- 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
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- Provision: 第三十一条 (Article 31) — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-31
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### 第三十一条
art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-31
**第一項** 第十二条第一項若しくは第二項（第十八条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）又は第二十八条の二において読み替えて準用する第十二条第一項若しくは第二項（第二十八条の二において準用する第十八条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定により記載すべき事項について虚偽の記載のある申立書により保護命令の申立てをした者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。
art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-31/par-1
A person who has filed a petition for a protection order with a written petition containing false records with regard to matters to be stated pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2) (including when the provisions are applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (2)) or the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28-2 following the deemed replacement of terms (including when the provisions are applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 28-2) is punished by a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-31/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 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 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-12/par-1
- art-31/par-1: 第二項 → 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 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-12/par-2
- art-31/par-1: 第十八条第二項 → 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 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-18/par-2
- art-31/par-1: 第二十八条の二 → 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 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2), art-28-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28-2
## 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 第二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-29/par-1
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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
- 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