# 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-5051-30` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30 - 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 令和五年五月一九日法律第三〇号 suppl-5051-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和六年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates prescribed in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 附則第七条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二十一条の改正規定　民事訴訟法等の一部を改正する法律（令和四年法律第四十八号。附則第三条において「民事訴訟法等改正法」という。）附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日 suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions amending Article 21:the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 48 of 2022; referred to as the "Code of Civil Procedure Amendment Act" in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions) come into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（保護命令事件に係る経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Pertaining to Protection Order Cases) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2 **第一項** 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等に関する法律（以下「新法」という。）第十条及び第十条の二の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下この条において「施行日」という。）以後にされる保護命令の申立てに係る事件について適用し、施行日前にされた保護命令の申立てに係る事件については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Articles 10 and 10-2 of the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims amended by this Act (hereinafter the "New Act") apply to cases pertaining to a petition for a protection order filed on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter the "date of enforcement" in this Article), and prior laws continue to govern cases pertaining to a petition for a protection order filed before the date of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 新法第十一条第二項及び第三項並びに第十二条第一項及び第二項の規定は、施行日以後にされる保護命令の申立てについて適用し、施行日前にされた保護命令の申立てについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Act apply to petitions for a protection order filed on or after the date of enforcement, and prior laws continue to govern petitions for a protection order filed before the date of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 新法第十八条第一項の規定は、施行日以後にされる同項に規定する再度の申立てに係る事件について適用し、施行日前にされた同項に規定する再度の申立てに係る事件については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-3 The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply to cases pertaining to a subsequent petition prescribed in the same paragraph and filed on or after the date of enforcement, and prior laws continue to govern cases pertaining to a subsequent petition prescribed in the same paragraph and filed before the date of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条（民事訴訟法等改正法の施行の日の前日までの間の経過措置） — (Transitional Measures until the Day Preceding the Date on which the Code of Civil Procedure Amendment Act Comes into Effect) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3 **第一項** 新法第十四条の二から第十四条の四までの規定は、民事訴訟法等改正法の施行の日の前日までの間は、適用しない。 suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Articles 14-2 through 14-4 of the New Act do not apply until the day preceding the date on which the Code of Civil Procedure Amendment Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 附則第一条第二号に規定する規定の施行の日から民事訴訟法等改正法の施行の日の前日までの間における新法第二十一条の規定の適用については、同条中「第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項並びに第二百三十二条の二の規定を除く。）を準用する。この場合において、次の表の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする」とあるのは、「第八十七条の二の規定を除く。）を準用する」とする。 suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2 With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 21 of the New Act during the period from the date on which the provisions prescribed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect until the day preceding the date on which the Code of Civil Procedure Amendment Act comes into effect, the phrase "(excluding the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), and Article 232-2 of the same Act) apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, each term listed in the middle column of the following table within the provisions of the same Act listed in the left-hand column of the same table is deemed to be replaced with the respective term listed in the right-hand column of the same table" in the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "(excluding the provisions of Article 87-2) apply mutatis mutandis". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures concerning Application of Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-4 **第一項** 刑法等の一部を改正する法律（令和四年法律第六十七号）の施行の日（以下この条において「刑法施行日」という。）の前日までの間における新法第三十条の規定の適用については、同条中「拘禁刑」とあるのは、「懲役」とする。刑法施行日以後における刑法施行日前にした行為に対する同条の規定の適用についても、同様とする。 suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1 With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 30 of the New Act during the period until the day preceding the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Penal Code enforcement date" in this Article), the term "imprisonment" in the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment with work". The same applies with regard to the application of the provisions of the same Article on or after the Penal Code enforcement date to acts committed before the Penal Code enforcement date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 30 of the New Act during the period until the day preceding the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Penal Code enforcement date" in this Article), the term "imprisonment under the new Penal Code" in the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment under the former Penal Code". The same applies with regard to the application of the provisions of the same Article on or after the Penal Code enforcement date to acts committed before the Penal Code enforcement date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb ### 第七条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-7 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-5051-30/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-7/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures required for enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5051-30/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-8 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、新法の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、新法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5051-30/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-8/par-1 When three years have elapsed since enforcement of this Act, and when the government finds it necessary while taking into account the status of enforcement of the New Act, the government is to review the provisions of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results of that review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第七条 → 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 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-5051-30/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-7 - suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条 → 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 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5051-30/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1: 第十条 → 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 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1: 第十条の二 → 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 第十条の二 (Article 10-2), art-10-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-10-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10-2 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1: この条 → 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 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5051-30/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2: 新法第十一条第二項 → 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 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-2 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2: 第三項 → 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 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-3 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2: 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 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2: 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 - suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-3: 新法第十八条第一項 → 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 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-18/par-1 - suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1: 新法第十四条の二から第十四条の四まで → 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 第十四条の二 (Article 14-2), art-14-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-2 - suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1: 新法第十四条の二から第十四条の四まで → 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 第十四条の三 (Article 14-3), art-14-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-3 - suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-1: 新法第十四条の二から第十四条の四まで → 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 第十四条の四 (Article 14-4), art-14-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-14-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-14-4 - suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2: 附則第一条第二号 → 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 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2: 新法第二十一条 → 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 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-21 - suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1: この条 → 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 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5051-30/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-4 - suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1: 新法第三十条 → 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 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-30 ## Cited by 5 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 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-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 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 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（保護命令事件に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-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 附則第三条第二項（民事訴訟法等改正法の施行の日の前日までの間の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-3/par-2 - 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 附則第四条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-4/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims (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), Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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