# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六条 (Article 106)

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- 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: 第百六条 (Article 106)（審判前の保全処分の申立て等） — address `art-106`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百六条（審判前の保全処分の申立て等） — (Petition for a Provisional Order Prior to Rulings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-106</sup>

    **第一項**  審判前の保全処分（前条第一項の審判及び同条第二項の審判に代わる裁判をいう。以下同じ。）の申立ては、その趣旨及び保全処分を求める事由を明らかにしてしなければならない。
    <sup>art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-106/par-1</sup>
    A petition for a provisional order prior to a ruling (the provisional order means the ruling set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and a judicial decision in lieu of the ruling set forth in paragraph (2) of the Article; the same applies hereinafter) must be filed by clarifying the purpose thereof and the grounds for seeking a provisional order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A petition for a provisional order prior to a ruling (the provisional order means a judicial decision in lieu of the ruling set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and the ruling set forth in paragraph (2) of the Article; the same applies hereinafter) must be filed by clarifying the purpose thereof and the grounds for seeking a provisional order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  審判前の保全処分の申立人は、保全処分を求める事由を疎明しなければならない。
    <sup>art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-106/par-2</sup>
    A petitioner for a provisional order prior to a ruling must make a prima facie showing of the grounds for seeking a provisional order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  家庭裁判所（前条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所）は、審判前の保全処分の申立てがあった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、職権で、事実の調査及び証拠調べをすることができる。
    <sup>art-106/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-106/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-106/par-3</sup>
    When a petition for a provisional order prior to a ruling is filed, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article) may, when it finds it to be necessary, investigate the facts and examine evidence by its own authority.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petition for a provisional order prior to a ruling is filed, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article) may, when it finds it to be necessary, investigate the facts and evidence by its own authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第四項**  審判前の保全処分の申立ては、審判前の保全処分があった後であっても、その全部又は一部を取り下げることができる。
    <sup>art-106/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-106/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-106/par-4</sup>
    A petition for a provisional order prior to a ruling may be withdrawn in whole or in part even after a provisional order prior to a ruling is issued.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-106/par-1: 前条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-105/par-1
- art-106/par-1: 同条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-105/par-2
- art-106/par-3: 前条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-105/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第百十一条第二項（即時抗告に伴う執行停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-111/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第百十二条第三項（審判前の保全処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-112/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-112/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 106, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 106, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
