# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4161-64` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成一六年六月二日法律第六四号 suppl-4161-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-64/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-4161-64/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-64/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前にしたこの法律による改正前の配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護に関する法律（次項において「旧法」という。）第十条の規定による命令の申立てに係る同条の規定による命令に関する事件については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern cases concerning an order issued prior to the enforcement of this Act under Article 10 of the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims prior to amendment by this Act (referred to as the "Former Act" in the following paragraph) pertaining to a petition for an order under the same Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 旧法第十条第二号の規定による命令が発せられた後に当該命令の申立ての理由となった身体に対する不法な攻撃であって生命又は身体に危害を及ぼすものと同一の事実を理由とするこの法律による改正後の配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護に関する法律（以下「新法」という。）第十条第一項第二号の規定による命令の申立て（この法律の施行後最初にされるものに限る。）があった場合における新法第十八条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「二月」とあるのは、「二週間」とする。 suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-2 With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims amended by this Act (hereinafter the "New Act") to cases in which, after the issuance of an order under Article 10, item (ii) of the Former Act, a petition is filed for an order under Article 10, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Act (limited to the first petition filed after the enforcement of this Act) on the same grounds of an illegal physical attack that threatens the other spouse's life or person as for the petition for the first order, the term "two months" in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "two weeks". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-64/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-3 **第一項** 新法の規定については、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、新法の施行状況等を勘案し、検討が加えられ、その結果に基づいて必要な措置が講ぜられるものとする。 suppl-4161-64/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-3/par-1 Approximately three years after this Act comes into effect, a review of the provisions of the New Act is to be conducted by taking into consideration the status of the enforcement of the New Act, and necessary measures are to be taken based on the results of that review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-64/art-2/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 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-2/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 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-4161-64/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-4161-64/art-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