# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第九条 (Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9. 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（参与員） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九条（参与員） — (Court Advisors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、参与員を審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせて事件につきその意見を聴くことができる。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-1 If a family court finds it necessary, it may have a court advisor attend a trial or be present for an attempt to arrange a settlement, and hear their opinions on the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 参与員の員数は、各事件について一人以上とする。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-2 There is to be at least one court advisor for each case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 参与員は、毎年あらかじめ家庭裁判所の選任した者の中から、事件ごとに家庭裁判所が指定する。 art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-3 A court advisor is designated by the family court for each case from among persons appointed in advance by the family court every year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定により選任される者の資格、員数その他同項の選任に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。 art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-4 The Rules of the Supreme Court prescribe the qualifications and number of persons to be appointed pursuant to the preceding paragraph and other necessary matters relevant to appointing them as referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 参与員には、最高裁判所規則で定める額の旅費、日当及び宿泊料を支給する。 art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-5 A court advisor is paid travel expenses, a daily allowance, and lodging fees in the amounts specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により参与員を審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせる場合において、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が参与員との間で音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、参与員に審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせ、当該期日における行為をさせることができる。 art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-6 When a family court has a court advisor attend a trial or attempt to arrange a settlement pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), if the court finds it appropriate, the family court may, after hearing the opinions of both parties, have the court advisor attend the trial or attempt to arrange a settlement and take action on the relevant date, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method that enables the family court and both parties to simultaneously communicate with the court advisor through audio transmission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9/par-4: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-3 - art-9/par-6: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第九条第四項（参与員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-4 - 人事訴訟法 第九条第六項（参与員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-9/par-6 --- ## 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