# 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 — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（配偶者からの暴力の発見者による通報等） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（配偶者からの暴力の発見者による通報等） — (Notification by Persons Discovering Spousal Violence) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6 **第一項** 配偶者からの暴力（配偶者又は配偶者であった者からの身体に対する暴力に限る。以下この章において同じ。）を受けている者を発見した者は、その旨を配偶者暴力相談支援センター又は警察官に通報するよう努めなければならない。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-1 Persons who discover that someone has been subject to spousal violence (limited to physical violence by a spouse or former spouse; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) must endeavor to make a notification to that effect to a spousal violence counseling and support center or police officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 医師その他の医療関係者は、その業務を行うに当たり、配偶者からの暴力によって負傷し又は疾病にかかったと認められる者を発見したときは、その旨を配偶者暴力相談支援センター又は警察官に通報することができる。この場合において、その者の意思を尊重するよう努めるものとする。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-2 Physicians or other medical personnel that, during the course of their duties, come across a person which they consider has suffered an injury or medical condition as a result of spousal violence may make a notification to that effect to a spousal violence counseling and support center or police officer. In this case, they are to endeavor to respect the wishes of the person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）の秘密漏示罪の規定その他の守秘義務に関する法律の規定は、前二項の規定により通報することを妨げるものと解釈してはならない。 art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-3 The provisions of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) concerning unlawful disclosure of confidential information and the provisions of other laws concerning confidentiality obligations must not be construed as preventing notification pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 医師その他の医療関係者は、その業務を行うに当たり、配偶者からの暴力によって負傷し又は疾病にかかったと認められる者を発見したときは、その者に対し、配偶者暴力相談支援センター等の利用について、その有する情報を提供するよう努めなければならない。 art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-4 Physicians or other medical personnel who, during the course of their duties, come across a person whom they consider has suffered an injury or medical condition as a result of spousal violence must endeavor to provide the person with information they have concerning the use of spousal violence counseling and support centers, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-3: 前二項 → 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 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-1 - art-6/par-3: 前二項 → 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 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-2 ## Cited by 3 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 第六条第三項（配偶者からの暴力の発見者による通報等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-6/par-3 - 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 第二十八条の二第一項（この法律の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28-2/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 附則第八条第一項（検討等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5011-46/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5011-46/art-8/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