# 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 — 第九条 (Article 9) - 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（被害者の保護のための関係機関の連携協力） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-9 - 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. --- ### 第九条（被害者の保護のための関係機関の連携協力） — (Cooperation Among Relevant Organizations for the Protection of Victims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-9 **第一項** 配偶者暴力相談支援センター、都道府県警察、福祉事務所、児童相談所その他の都道府県又は市町村の関係機関その他の関係機関は、被害者の保護を行うに当たっては、その適切な保護が行われるよう、相互に連携を図りながら協力するよう努めるものとする。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-9/par-1 In providing protection to victims, spousal violence counseling and support centers, prefectural police, welfare offices, child guidance centers, other relevant prefectural or municipal organizations, and other relevant organizations are to endeavor to coordinate and cooperate with each other so that appropriate protection is provided. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## 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 第三条第三項第三号（配偶者暴力相談支援センター） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-3/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-3/par-3/item-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 第八条の三第一項（福祉事務所による自立支援） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-8-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-8-3/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 第九条の二第一項（苦情の適切かつ迅速な処理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-9-2/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