Article 21Amendment of a Claim to a Claim Against the State or Public Entity
第二十一条（国又は公共団体に対する請求への訴えの変更）
When the court finds it appropriate to amend the claim that is subject matter of an action for the revocation of an administrative disposition, to a claim for compensation for damages or any other claim against the State or a public entity in which the affairs pertaining to the original administrative disposition or administrative determination are vested, the court may, until the conclusion of the oral argument, upon the petition of the plaintiff, by an order, permit that amendment of the claim, unless there is any change to the basis for the claim.
The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an order set forth in the preceding paragraph.
The court, when making an order to permit amendment of a claim pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), must hear opinions in advance from the parties and the defendant in an action pertaining to a claim for compensation for damages or any other claim.
裁判所は、第一項の規定により訴えの変更を許す決定をするには、あらかじめ、当事者及び損害賠償その他の請求に係る訴えの被告の意見をきかなければならない。
An immediate appeal may be filed against an order to permit amendment of a claim.
訴えの変更を許す決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
No appeal may be entered against an order not to permit amendment of a claim.
訴えの変更を許さない決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。