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Article 12Jurisdiction

第十二条(管轄)

An action for the revocation of an administrative disposition is subject to the jurisdiction of the court that has jurisdiction over the location of the general venue of the defendant or the court that has jurisdiction over the location of the administrative authority that has made the original administrative disposition or administrative determination.

取消訴訟は、被告の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する裁判所又は処分若しくは裁決をした行政庁の所在地を管轄する裁判所の管轄に属する。

An action for the revocation of administrative dispositions pertaining to condemnation of land or establishment of a mining right or any other original administrative disposition or administrative determination pertaining to real property or a particular place may also be filed with the court that has jurisdiction over the location of the real property or place.

土地の収用、鉱業権の設定その他不動産又は特定の場所に係る処分又は裁決についての取消訴訟は、その不動産又は場所の所在地の裁判所にも、提起することができる。

An action for the revocation of an administrative disposition may also be filed with the court that has jurisdiction over the location of the lower administrative organ that has handled the case regarding the original administrative disposition or administrative determination.

取消訴訟は、当該処分又は裁決に関し事案の処理に当たつた下級行政機関の所在地の裁判所にも、提起することができる。

An action for the revocation of an administrative disposition against the State or an incorporated administrative agency prescribed in or any of the juridical persons listed in the appended table may also be filed with the district court that has jurisdiction over the location of the high court that has jurisdiction over the location of the plaintiff's general venue (hereinafter referred to as a "specified court with jurisdiction" in the following paragraph).

国又はに規定する独立行政法人若しくは別表に掲げる法人を被告とする取消訴訟は、原告の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する高等裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所(次項において「特定管轄裁判所」という。)にも、提起することができる。

Where an action for the revocation of an administrative disposition set forth in the preceding paragraph is filed with a specified court with jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph while an action for the judicial review of an administrative disposition is pending at another court with regard to another original administrative disposition or administrative determination that was made based on the de facto or de jure same cause as that of the former, the specified court with jurisdiction may, upon petition or by its own authority, transfer the whole or part of the action to that other court or any of the courts specified in paragraph (1) through paragraph (3), when it finds it appropriate while taking into consideration the address or location of each party, the address of each witness to be examined, the points at issue or evidence common to both cases, and other circumstances concerned.

前項の規定により特定管轄裁判所に同項の取消訴訟が提起された場合であつて、他の裁判所に事実上及び法律上同一の原因に基づいてされた処分又は裁決に係る抗告訴訟が係属している場合においては、当該特定管轄裁判所は、当事者の住所又は所在地、尋問を受けるべき証人の住所、争点又は証拠の共通性その他の事情を考慮して、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の全部又は一部について、当該他の裁判所又は第一項から第三項までに定める裁判所に移送することができる。

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