# 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 — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5051-30/art-1` - 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/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-1 - 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 --- ## 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 ## 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 --- ## 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