# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34. 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（期日及び期間） — address `art-34` - 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-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十四条（期日及び期間） — (Date and Period) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34 **第一項** 家事事件の手続の期日の指定及び変更は、職権で、裁判長が行う。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34/par-1 The designation of a date for proceedings of a domestic relations case and a change thereof are made ex officio by the presiding judge. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家事事件の手続の期日は、やむを得ない場合に限り、日曜日その他の一般の休日に指定することができる。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34/par-2 A date for proceedings of a domestic relations case, only if unavoidable, may be designated on a Sunday or any other general holiday. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家事事件の手続の期日の変更は、顕著な事由がある場合に限り、することができる。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34/par-3 A change of a date for proceedings of a domestic relations case may be made only if there are obvious reasons therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 期日の呼出しは、呼出状の送達、当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知その他相当と認める方法によってする。 art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34/par-4 A summons to appear on a date is effected by service of a summons, notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case, or any other method found to be appropriate. machine translation, not official **第五項** 民事訴訟法第九十四条第三項及び第九十五条から第九十七条までの規定は、家事事件の手続の期日及び期間について準用する。この場合において、同法第九十四条第三項中「第一項各号に規定する方法」とあるのは、「呼出状の送達及び当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知」と読み替えるものとする。 art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-34/par-5 The provisions of Article 94, paragraph (3) and Articles 95 through 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to dates and periods for proceedings of a domestic relations case. In this case, the phrase "the means prescribed in the items of paragraph (1)" in Article 94, paragraph (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service of a summons and notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-34/par-5: 民事訴訟法第九十四条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第三項 (Article 94, paragraph (3)), art-94/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-3 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-95 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-96 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-97 - art-34/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十条第二項（調停委員会等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-260/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-260/par-2 --- ## 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 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-001, 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