# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": 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: 第四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 4) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-4` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 23 December 2028 — the amending law allows up to 30 months from promulgation. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第四節　意思表示の受領の特別代理人の選任及びその取消しの審判事件 — Section 4 Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Special Representative for Receipt of a Manifestation of Intention and the Revocation Thereof heading: machine translation, not official pt-2/ch-2/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4 ### 第百四十九条の二 art-149-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2 **第一項** 意思表示の受領の特別代理人の選任及びその取消しの審判事件は、その意思表示の相手方の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-149-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-1 An adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention and the revocation thereof is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the other party to the manifestation of intention. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、いつでも、意思表示の受領の特別代理人を改任することができる。 art-149-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-2 A family court may, at any time, replace a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention. machine translation, not official **第三項** 意思表示の受領の特別代理人の選任の申立てをするときは、申立人は、その申立てに係る手続の費用として家庭裁判所の定める金額を予納しなければならない。 art-149-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-3 When filing a petition for the appointment of a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention, the petitioner must prepay the amount specified by the family court as the procedural costs for the proceedings relating to the petition. machine translation, not official **第四項** 家庭裁判所は、前項の規定により予納された額の中から、相当な報酬を意思表示の受領の特別代理人に与えることができる。 art-149-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-4 A family court may grant a reasonable remuneration to a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention, out of the amount prepaid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第五項** 意思表示の受領の特別代理人の選任又はその取消しの申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-149-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-5 A person who has filed a petition for the appointment of a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention or for the revocation thereof may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition. machine translation, not official **第六項** 民法第六百四十四条の規定は、意思表示の受領の特別代理人について準用する。 art-149-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-6 The provisions of Article 644 of the Civil Code apply mutatis mutandis to a special representative for receipt of a manifestation of intention. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-149-2/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十九条の二第三項 (Article 149-2, paragraph (3)), art-149-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-149-2/par-3 - art-149-2/par-6: 民法第六百四十四条 → 民法 第六百四十四条 (Article 644), art-644 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十五号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20281223_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-amendments-20261105T171003-015, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05