# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43. 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43)（認知の無効の訴えの当事者等） — address `art-43` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43 - 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. --- ### 第四十三条（認知の無効の訴えの当事者等） — (Parties to an Action for Denial of Filiation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43 **第一項** 第四十一条第一項及び第二項の規定は、民法第七百八十六条に規定する認知の無効の訴えについて準用する。この場合において、第四十一条第一項及び第二項中「父」とあるのは「認知をした者」と、同条第一項中「第七百七十七条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第七百七十八条（第一号」とあるのは「第七百八十六条第一項（第二号」と読み替えるものとする。 art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43/par-1 The provisions of Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an action for invalidation of filiation referred to in Article 786 of the Civil Code. In this case, the term "father" in Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (2) is deemed to be replaced with "person who acknowledged filiation" and the phrase "Article 777 (limited to the part related to item (i)) or Article 778 (limited to the part related to item (i))" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (ii))." Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an action for invalidation of filiation referred to in Article 786 of the Civil Code. In this case, the term "father" in Article 41, paragraph (1) and (2) is deemed to be replaced with "person who acknowledged filiation" and the phrase "Article 777 (limited to the part related to item (i)) or Article 778 (limited to the part related to item (i))" in paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (ii))."" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb **第二項** 子が民法第七百八十六条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）に定める期間内に認知の無効の訴えを提起しないで死亡したときは、子の直系卑属又はその法定代理人は、認知の無効の訴えを提起することができる。この場合においては、子の死亡の日から一年以内にその訴えを提起しなければならない。 art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43/par-2 If a child dies during the period prescribed in Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code without filing an action for invalidation of filiation, the child's lineal descendant or legal representative may file an action for invalidation of filiation. In this case, the action must be filed within one year from the day on which the child died. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 子が民法第七百八十六条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）に定める期間内に認知の無効の訴えを提起した後に死亡した場合には、前項の規定により認知の無効の訴えを提起することができる者は、子の死亡の日から六月以内に訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。 art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43/par-3 If a child dies after filing an action for invalidation of filiation during the period prescribed in Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code, a person permitted to file an action for invalidation of filiation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted in the court proceedings within six months from the day of the child's death. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a child dies after filing an action for invalidation of filiation during the period prescribed in Article 786 paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code, a person permitted to file an action for invalidation of filiation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted in the court proceedings within six months from the day of the child's death. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb --- ## Cites - art-43/par-1: 第四十一条第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-41/par-1 - art-43/par-1: 第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-41/par-2 - art-43/par-1: 民法第七百八十六条 → 民法 第七百八十六条 (Article 786), art-786 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-786 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-786 - art-43/par-1: 第七百七十七条 → 民法 第七百七十七条 (Article 777), art-777 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-777 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-777 - art-43/par-2: 民法第七百八十六条第一項 → 民法 第七百八十六条第一項 (Article 786, paragraph (1)), art-786/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-786/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-786/par-1 - art-43/par-2: 第一号 → 民法 第七百八十六条第一項第一号 (Article 786, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-786/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-786/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-786/par-1/item-1 - art-43/par-3: 民法第七百八十六条第一項 → 民法 第七百八十六条第一項 (Article 786, paragraph (1)), art-786/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-786/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-786/par-1 - art-43/par-3: 第一号 → 民法 第七百八十六条第一項第一号 (Article 786, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-786/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-786/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-786/par-1/item-1 - art-43/par-3: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43/par-2 - art-43/par-3: 民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第四十三条第三項（認知の無効の訴えの当事者等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-43/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Personal Status Litigation Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (人事訴訟法), Article 43, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 43, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), 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