# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

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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
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- Provision: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二十四条（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — (Scope of Authority of Representation Vested in Counsel)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24</sup>

  **第一項**  手続代理人は、委任を受けた事件について、参加、強制執行及び保全処分に関する行為をし、かつ、弁済を受領することができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-1</sup>
  A counsel, after being retained for a case, may participate in the proceedings concerning intervention, compulsory execution, and a provisional order, and may receive repayment of indebtedness.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  手続代理人は、次に掲げる事項については、特別の委任を受けなければならない。ただし、家事調停の申立てその他家事調停の手続の追行について委任を受けている場合において、第二号に掲げる手続行為をするときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2</sup>
  A counsel must be specially entrusted in order to perform the following acts; provided, however, that this does not apply when the counsel has been entrusted to file a petition for mediation of domestic relations or conduct other proceedings for mediation of domestic relations, and the counsel performs the procedural acts set forth in item (ii):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A counsel must be specially entrusted in order to perform the following acts; provided, however, that this does not apply when the counsel has been entrusted to file a petition for conciliation of domestic relations or conduct other proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations, and the counsel performs the procedural acts set forth in item (ii):" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **一**  家事審判又は家事調停の申立ての取下げ
    <sup>art-24/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-1</sup>
    withdrawal of a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or mediation of domestic relations;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "withdrawal of a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or conciliation of domestic relations;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **二**  第二百六十八条第一項若しくは第二百七十七条第一項第一号の合意、第二百七十条第一項に規定する調停条項案の受諾又は第二百八十六条第八項の共同の申出
    <sup>art-24/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-2</sup>
    making of an agreement under Article 268, paragraph (1) or Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i), acceptance of the proposed terms of mediation prescribed in Article 270, paragraph (1), or filing of a joint notification under Article 286, paragraph (8);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "making of an agreement under Article 268, paragraph (1) or Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i), acceptance of the proposed terms of conciliation prescribed in Article 270, paragraph (1), or filing of a joint notification under Article 286, paragraph (8);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **三**  審判に対する即時抗告、第九十四条第一項（第二百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の抗告、第九十七条第二項（第二百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の申立て又は第二百七十九条第一項若しくは第二百八十六条第一項の異議
    <sup>art-24/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-3</sup>
    filing of an immediate appeal against a ruling, an appeal against a ruling under Article 94, paragraph (1) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 288), or a petition under Article 97, paragraph (2) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 288), or filing of an objection under Article 279, paragraph (1) or Article 286, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前号の抗告（即時抗告を含む。）、申立て又は異議の取下げ
    <sup>art-24/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-4</sup>
    withdrawal of the appeal (including an immediate appeal), petition, or objection set forth in the preceding item; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  代理人の選任
    <sup>art-24/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-5</sup>
    appointment of a representative.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  手続代理人の代理権は、制限することができない。ただし、弁護士でない手続代理人については、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-3</sup>
  No limitation may be imposed on the authority of representation vested in a counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply to a counsel who is not an attorney.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  前三項の規定は、法令により裁判上の行為をすることができる代理人の権限を妨げない。
  <sup>art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not preclude a representative who is authorized to perform acts in court under laws and regulations from exercising the authority.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of preceding three paragraphs do not preclude a representative who is authorized to perform acts in court under laws and regulations from exercising the authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-2: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-24/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-2
- art-24/par-2/item-2: 第二百六十八条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-1
- art-24/par-2/item-2: 第二百七十七条第一項第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-277/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1/item-1
- art-24/par-2/item-2: 第二百七十条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十条第一項 (Article 270, paragraph (1)), art-270/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-1
- art-24/par-2/item-2: 第二百八十六条第八項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十六条第八項 (Article 286, paragraph (8)), art-286/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-286/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-286/par-8
- art-24/par-2/item-3: 第九十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-94/par-1
- art-24/par-2/item-3: 第二百八十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十八条 (Article 288), art-288 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-288 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-288
- art-24/par-2/item-3: 第九十七条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2
- art-24/par-2/item-3: 第二百七十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十九条第一項 (Article 279, paragraph (1)), art-279/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-279/par-1
- art-24/par-2/item-3: 第二百八十六条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十六条第一項 (Article 286, paragraph (1)), art-286/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-286/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-286/par-1
- art-24/par-2/item-4: 前号 → 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-24/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-3
- art-24/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2
- art-24/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第四号（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-4
- 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第四項（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-4
- 家事事件手続法 附則第五条第一項第一号（民法附則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4231-52/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-5/par-1/item-1

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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 24, paragraph (2) — 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 24, paragraph (2), item (i) — 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 24, paragraph (2), item (ii) — 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 24, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
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- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05