# 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 / Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — 第十一条 (Article 11) - Law: 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 (Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims), 平成十三年法律第三十一号 - English title "Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims": 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（管轄裁判所） — address `art-11` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11 - 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. --- ### 第十一条（管轄裁判所） — (Court with Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11 **第一項** 接近禁止命令及び前条の規定による命令（以下「退去等命令」という。）の申立てに係る事件は、相手方の住所（日本国内に住所がないとき又は住所が知れないときは居所）の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-1 Cases pertaining to a petition for a stay-away order and an order under the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter an "eviction order") are subject to the jurisdiction of the district court that has jurisdiction over the locality of the opposite party's domicile (or residence if the opposite party does not have a domicile in Japan or the domicile of the opposite party is unknown). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 接近禁止命令の申立ては、次の各号に掲げる地を管轄する地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-2 A petition for a stay-away order may be filed in a district court that has jurisdiction over the places set forth in the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 申立人の住所又は居所の所在地 art-11/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-2/item-1 the locality of the petitioner's domicile or residence; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該申立てに係る配偶者からの身体に対する暴力等が行われた地 art-11/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-2/item-2 the place where the physical violence, etc. by the spouse to which the petition pertains took place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 退去等命令の申立ては、次の各号に掲げる地を管轄する地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-3 A petition for an eviction order may be filed in a district court that has jurisdiction over the places set forth in the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 申立人の住所又は居所の所在地 art-11/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-3/item-1 the locality of the petitioner's domicile or residence; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該申立てに係る配偶者からの身体に対する暴力又は生命等に対する脅迫が行われた地 art-11/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-11/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-11/par-3/item-2 the place where the physical violence or life-threatening intimidation, etc. by the spouse to which the petition pertains took place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-11/par-1: 前条 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第十条の二 (Article 10-2), art-10-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-10-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-10-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十八条の二第一項（この法律の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28-2/par-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 附則第二条第二項（保護命令事件に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5051-30/art-2/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0100000031/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10