# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百二十三条の二 (Article 123-2)

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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: 第百二十三条の二 (Article 123-2)（陳述の聴取の例外） — address `art-123-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-123-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-123-2
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### 第百二十三条の二（陳述の聴取の例外） — (Exception to Hearing of Statements)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-123-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-123-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-123-2</sup>

    **第一項**  成年被後見人に宛てた郵便物等の配達の嘱託等の審判事件においては、第八十九条第一項の規定（第九十六条第一項及び第九十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）にかかわらず、抗告裁判所は、信書の送達の事業を行う者の陳述を聴くことを要しない。
    <sup>art-123-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-123-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-123-2/par-1</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1) and Article 98, paragraph (1)), in an adjudication case for the commission of, or the rescission or change of the commission of, delivery of a postal item, etc. addressed to an adult under guardianship, the court in charge of an appeal is not required to hear statements of a person engaged in the correspondence delivery service.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-123-2/par-1: 第八十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第八十九条第一項 (Article 89, paragraph (1)), art-89/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-89/par-1
- art-123-2/par-1: 第九十六条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-96/par-1
- art-123-2/par-1: 第九十八条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十八条第一項 (Article 98, paragraph (1)), art-98/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-98/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第百十八条第一項第八号（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-118/par-1/item-8

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## Sources

- 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 — 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
