# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百三十一条 (Article 231)
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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: 第二百三十一条 (Article 231)（即時抗告） — address `art-231`
- 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-231
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231
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### 第二百三十一条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-231 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231
**第一項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-231/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 氏又は氏の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判 利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
art-231/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-1
a ruling of permission for the change of a surname or the kana reading of a surname:an interested party (excluding the petitioner);
machine translation, not official
**二** 氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-231/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-2
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name:the petitioner;
machine translation, not official
**三** 就籍許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-231/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-3
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the registration of an unregistered person:the petitioner;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**四** 戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判 利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
art-231/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-4
a ruling of permission for a correction of a family register:an interested party (excluding the petitioner);
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**五** 戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-231/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-5
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for a correction to a family register:the petitioner;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**六** 前条第二項の規定による市町村長に相当の処分を命ずる審判 当該市町村長
art-231/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-6
a ruling to order a mayor of municipality to make reasonable dispositions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article:the mayor of the municipality; and
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**七** 戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-231/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-231/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-231/par-1/item-7
a ruling to dismiss an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case:the petitioner.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-231/par-1/item-6: 前条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百三十条第二項 (Article 230, paragraph (2)), art-230/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-230/par-2
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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, 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