# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13. 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: 人事訴訟法 (Personal Status Litigation Act), 平成十五年法律第百九号 - English title "Personal Status Litigation 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — (Capacity to Sue or Be Sued in Personal Status Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13 **第一項** 人事訴訟の訴訟手続における訴訟行為については、民法第五条第一項及び第二項、第九条、第十三条並びに第十七条並びに民事訴訟法第三十一条並びに第三十二条第一項（同法第四十条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第二項の規定は、適用しない。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Civil Code and of Article 9, Article 13, and Article 17 of that Code, as well as the provisions of Article 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 32, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (4) of that Code) and Article 32, paragraph (2) of that Code do not apply to procedural acts in personal status litigation proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が前項の訴訟行為をしようとする場合において、必要があると認めるときは、裁判長は、申立てにより、弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任することができる。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 If a person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts seeks to engage in procedural acts under the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge, upon petition, may appoint an attorney as the person's counsel if found necessary to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が前項の申立てをしない場合においても、裁判長は、弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任すべき旨を命じ、又は職権で弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任することができる。 art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-3 If a person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts does not file the petition under the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge may still order appointment of an attorney as the person's counsel, or may appoint an attorney as the person's counsel sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前二項の規定により裁判長が訴訟代理人に選任した弁護士に対し当該訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が支払うべき報酬の額は、裁判所が相当と認める額とする。 art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-4 The amount of remuneration the person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts is to pay to the attorney appointed by the presiding judge as the person’s counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is to be the amount the court finds reasonable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 民法第五条第一項 → 民法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-1 - art-13/par-1: 第二項 → 民法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-2 - art-13/par-1: 第九条 → 民法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-9 - art-13/par-1: 第十三条 → 民法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13 - art-13/par-1: 第十七条 → 民法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-17 - art-13/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-31 - art-13/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-1 - art-13/par-1: 同法第四十条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第四項 (Article 40, paragraph (4)), art-40/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-4 - art-13/par-1: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-3: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 - art-13/par-4: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 - art-13/par-4: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第十三条第二項（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 - 人事訴訟法 第十三条第三項（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-3 - 人事訴訟法 第十三条第四項（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-13/par-4 - 人事訴訟法 附則第五条第一項（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-5/par-1 - 戸籍法 第十条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-10-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-10-2/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 人事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02