# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-19. 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（民事訴訟法の規定の適用除外） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（民事訴訟法の規定の適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application of the Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-19 **第一項** 人事訴訟の訴訟手続においては、民事訴訟法第百五十七条、第百五十七条の二、第百五十九条第一項、第二百七条第二項、第二百八条、第二百二十四条、第二百二十九条第四項及び第二百四十四条の規定並びに同法第百七十九条の規定中裁判所において当事者が自白した事実に関する部分は、適用しない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-19/par-1 The provisions of Article 157 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 157-2, Article 159, paragraph (1), Article 207, paragraph (2), Article 208, Article 224, Article 229, paragraph (4), and Article 244 of that Code, as well as the part of the provisions of Article 179 of that Code concerning facts admitted by a party in court, do not apply to court proceedings in personal status litigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 人事訴訟における訴訟の目的については、民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二までの規定は、適用しない。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-19/par-2 The provisions of Articles 266 through 267-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the subject matter of the action in personal status litigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百五十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条 (Article 157), art-157 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157 - art-19/par-1: 第百五十七条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条の二 (Article 157-2), art-157-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157-2 - art-19/par-1: 第百五十九条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-1 - art-19/par-1: 第二百七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-207/par-2 - art-19/par-1: 第二百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八条 (Article 208), art-208 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-208 - art-19/par-1: 第二百二十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十四条 (Article 224), art-224 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-224 - art-19/par-1: 第二百二十九条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十九条第四項 (Article 229, paragraph (4)), art-229/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-229/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-229/par-4 - art-19/par-1: 第二百四十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-244 - art-19/par-1: 同法第百七十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-179 - art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十六条 (Article 266), art-266 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-266 - art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十七条 (Article 267), art-267 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-267 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-267 - art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十七条の二 (Article 267-2), art-267-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-267-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-267-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-37/par-1 --- ## 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