# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5041-52` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52 - 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. --- ## 附　則 令和四年五月二五日法律第五二号 suppl-5041-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5041-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和六年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates prescribed in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 次条並びに附則第三条、第五条及び第三十八条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of the following Article and Article 3, Article 5, and Article 38 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十八条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5041-52/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-38 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5041-52/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-38/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures required for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第三十八条 → 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 附則第三十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 38), suppl-5041-52/art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-38 ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/suppl-5041-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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