# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47. 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（記録の閲覧等） — address `art-47` - 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-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条（記録の閲覧等） — (Inspection of Records) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47 **第一項** 当事者又は利害関係を疎明した第三者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、裁判所書記官に対し、家事審判事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又は家事審判事件に関する事項の証明書の交付（第二百八十九条第六項において「記録の閲覧等」という。）を請求することができる。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-1 A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, or for the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as the "inspection of a record" in Article 289, paragraph (6)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、家事審判事件の記録中の録音テープ又はビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）に関しては、適用しない。この場合において、当事者又は利害関係を疎明した第三者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、裁判所書記官に対し、これらの物の複製を請求することができる。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations which is prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto). In this case, a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the reproduction of these objects. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding paragraph does not apply to a record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations which is prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto). In this case, a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the reproduction of these objects." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、当事者から前二項の規定による許可の申立てがあったときは、これを許可しなければならない。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-3 When a petition for permission under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is filed by a party, the family court must grant permission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 家庭裁判所は、事件の関係人である未成年者の利益を害するおそれ、当事者若しくは第三者の私生活若しくは業務の平穏を害するおそれ又は当事者若しくは第三者の私生活についての重大な秘密が明らかにされることにより、その者が社会生活を営むのに著しい支障を生じ、若しくはその者の名誉を著しく害するおそれがあると認められるときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、同項の申立てを許可しないことができる。事件の性質、審理の状況、記録の内容等に照らして当該当事者に同項の申立てを許可することを不適当とする特別の事情があると認められるときも、同様とする。 art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a family court may choose not to grant permission under the paragraph when it is found that there is a risk of causing harm to the interest of a minor who is a person concerned with a case, a risk of causing harm to the private life or business operations of a party or a third party, or a risk of disclosing significant secrets regarding the private life of a party or a third party, thereby causing considerable interference with the social life of the party or third party or substantial harm to the reputation of such parties. The same applies when it is found that there are special circumstances where it is inappropriate to grant permission to the party in response to a petition under the paragraph, in light of the nature of the case, developments in proceedings, the content of the record and other matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 家庭裁判所は、利害関係を疎明した第三者から第一項又は第二項の規定による許可の申立てがあった場合において、相当と認めるときは、これを許可することができる。 art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-5 When a petition for permission under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) is filed by a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest, the family court may grant permission thereto when it finds it to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 審判書その他の裁判書の正本、謄本若しくは抄本又は家事審判事件に関する事項の証明書については、当事者は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、家庭裁判所の許可を得ないで、裁判所書記官に対し、その交付を請求することができる。審判を受ける者が当該審判があった後に請求する場合も、同様とする。 art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-6 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a party may make a request to a court clerk for the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a written ruling or any other written judgment or of a certificate of matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations, without permission from the family court. The same applies when a person subject to a ruling makes such a request after the ruling is made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 家事審判事件の記録の閲覧、謄写及び複製の請求は、家事審判事件の記録の保存又は裁判所の執務に支障があるときは、することができない。 art-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-7 A request for the inspection, copying or reproduction of a record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations may not be made if these acts would interfere with the preservation of the record of the case for adjudication of domestic relations or with the performance of the court's duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 第三項の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-47/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-8 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition set forth in paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 前項の規定による即時抗告が家事審判の手続を不当に遅滞させることを目的としてされたものであると認められるときは、原裁判所は、その即時抗告を却下しなければならない。 art-47/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-9 If an immediate appeal under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is found to have been filed for the purpose of unjustly delaying proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations, the court of prior instance must dismiss the immediate appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 前項の規定による裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-47/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-10 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-1: 第二百八十九条第六項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十九条第六項 (Article 289, paragraph (6)), art-289/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-289/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-289/par-6 - art-47/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-2 - art-47/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-3 - art-47/par-5: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-5: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-2 - art-47/par-6: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-8: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-3 - art-47/par-9: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第八項 (Article 47, paragraph (8)), art-47/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-8 - art-47/par-10: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第九項 (Article 47, paragraph (9)), art-47/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-9 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第二項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第三項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第四項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第五項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第六項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-6 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第八項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-8 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第九項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-9 - 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第十項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-10 - 家事事件手続法 第八十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-84/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第九十三条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定及び民事訴訟法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-93/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第百八条第一項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-108/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第六項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-6 --- ## 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 47, 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 — 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