# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（嫡出否認の訴えに係る訴訟における訴訟手続の受継に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-109/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九条（嫡出否認の訴えに係る訴訟における訴訟手続の受継に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Substitution in Court Proceedings in Litigation Concerning an Action to Rebut the Presumption of Legitimacy
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-109/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  新法の施行の際現に係属している嫡出否認の訴えに係る訴訟における新法の施行前に夫が死亡した場合の訴訟手続の受継については、第四十一条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-109/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4151-109/art-9/par-1</sup>
With regard to the substitution in court proceedings where a husband dies before the New Act comes into force in litigation concerning an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy that is pending at the time the New Act comes into force, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 41, paragraph (2).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-109/art-9/par-1: 第四十一条第二項 → 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

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-003, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 223 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02