①Cases concerning the judicial decisions set forth in the following items are subject to the jurisdiction of the district court with jurisdiction in the locality of the thing specified in the relevant item:

②The court may not make the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph unless it has given public notice of the following matters and the period referred to in item (ii) has elapsed. In such a case, the period referred to in that item may not be less than one month.

③The judicial decision referred to in paragraph (1) does not become effective unless it becomes final and binding.

④The judicial decision referred to in paragraph (1) need not be notified to the persons set forth in paragraph (2), item (ii), (a) through (c).

⑤If the owner of the thing specified in the relevant item of paragraph (1) (including a person who holds a share of co-ownership in it) and their whereabouts have become known, the court must revoke the judicial decision referred to in that paragraph upon petition by an interested person.

⑥Only an interested person may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decision referred to in paragraph (1) and against a judicial decision on revocation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①Non-contentious cases under the provisions of Chapter I, Section 6 are subject to the jurisdiction of the district court with jurisdiction in the locality of the exclusively-owned area to which the matter for which a judicial decision is sought relates.

②The court may not issue an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner unless it has given public notice of the following matters and the period referred to in item (ii) has elapsed. In such a case, the period referred to in that item may not be less than one month.

③In filing a petition for permission referred to in Article 46-3, paragraph (2) or Article 46-6, paragraph (2), the petitioner must make a prima facie showing of the reasons for seeking the permission.

④When making a judicial decision on dismissal under the provisions of Article 46-6, paragraph (1) or a judicial decision fixing the amount of expenses or remuneration under the provisions of Article 46-7, paragraph (1), the court must hear the statement of the administrator of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner.

⑤Reasons must be given for the following judicial decisions:

⑥If an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner has been issued, a court clerk must, on their own authority and without delay, commission the registration of the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner with regard to the exclusively-owned area or share of co-ownership that has been made subject to the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner.

⑦If a judicial decision revoking an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner has been made, a court clerk must, on their own authority and without delay, commission the cancellation of the registration of the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner.

⑧If money has arisen from the management or disposition of, or any other cause related to, the exclusively-owned area or share of co-ownership that has been made subject to an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner, as well as the movables, the rights related to the common areas and attached facilities, and the right to use the grounds to which the effect of the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner extends, the administrator of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner may deposit that money with a deposit office in the locality of the exclusively-owned area that has been made subject to the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner (or, if the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner was issued with respect to a share of co-ownership, the exclusively-owned area that is the property in co-ownership), for the unit owner of that exclusively-owned area or the person who holds that share of co-ownership. In such a case, having made the deposit, the administrator of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner must give public notice to that effect and of other matters specified by Ministry of Justice Order, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.

⑨The court may change or revoke an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner.

⑩If there ceases to be any property to be managed (including if all of the property to be managed has been deposited) or if it otherwise ceases to be appropriate to continue the management of the property, the court must revoke the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner upon petition by the administrator of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner or petition by an interested person, or by its own authority.

⑪If the owner of the exclusively-owned area, etc. with an unknown owner (including a person who holds a share of co-ownership in it; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) has proved that the ownership of the exclusively-owned area, etc. with an unknown owner (including a share of co-ownership in it) belongs to them, the court must revoke the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner upon petition by that owner. In such a case, if the order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner has been revoked, the administrator of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner must report to that owner on the progress and results of the administrator's affairs and must deliver to that owner the property that has been proved to belong to that owner.

⑫An order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner and a judicial decision changing it need not be notified to the owner of the exclusively-owned area, etc. with an unknown owner.

⑬It is sufficient to notify the owner of the exclusively-owned area, etc. with an unknown owner of a judicial decision revoking an order for management of an exclusively-owned area with an unknown owner only if that owner and their whereabouts are known from the records of the case.

⑭Only the persons specified in the following items may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decisions set forth in the respective items:

⑮No appeal may be entered against the following judicial decisions:

①Non-contentious cases under the provisions of Chapter I, Section 7 are subject to the jurisdiction of the district court with jurisdiction in the locality of the exclusively-owned area or common area to which the matter for which a judicial decision is sought relates.

②In filing a petition for permission referred to in Article 46-9, paragraph (3) or Article 46-11, paragraph (2), the petitioner must make a prima facie showing of the reasons for seeking the permission.

③When making the judicial decisions set forth in the following items, the court must hear the statements of the persons specified in the respective items; provided, however, that this does not apply if, in making the judicial decision set forth in item (i), there are circumstances in which going through the procedure for hearing the statement would prevent the purpose of the petition for that judicial decision from being achieved:

④Reasons must be given for the following judicial decisions:

⑤If money has arisen from the management or disposition of, or any other cause related to, the exclusively-owned area that has been made subject to an order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area, as well as the movables, the rights related to the common areas and attached facilities, and the right to use the grounds to which the effect of the order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area extends, the administrator of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area may deposit that money with a deposit office in the locality of the exclusively-owned area that has been made subject to the order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area, for the unit owner of the exclusively-owned area (including a person who holds a share of co-ownership in it). In such a case, having made the deposit, the administrator of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area must give public notice to that effect and of other matters specified by Ministry of Justice Order, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.

⑥The court may change or revoke an order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area.

⑦If there ceases to be any property to be managed (including if all of the property to be managed has been deposited) or if it otherwise ceases to be appropriate to continue the management of the property, the court must revoke the order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area upon petition by the administrator of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area or petition by an interested person, or by its own authority.

⑧Only the persons specified in the following items may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decisions set forth in the respective items:

⑨No appeal may be entered against the following judicial decisions:

⑩The provisions of paragraph (2) through the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to an order for management of a poorly managed common area and an administrator of a poorly managed common area. In such a case, the phrase "Article 46-9, paragraph (3)" in paragraph (2), paragraph (3), item (ii), paragraph (4), item (ii), and paragraph (8), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46-9, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-14"; in paragraph (3), items (i), (ii), and (v), paragraph (5), and paragraph (8), items (ii) and (v), the phrase "of the exclusively-owned area" is deemed to be replaced with "of the common area", and the term "unit owner" with "owner"; the phrase "Article 46-11, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3), item (iii), paragraph (4), item (iii), and paragraph (8), item (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46-11, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-14"; the phrase "Article 46-12, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3), items (iv) and (v) and paragraph (8), items (iv) and (v) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46-12, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-14"; the phrase "Article 46-11, paragraph (2)" in paragraph (4), item (iv) and item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46-11, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 46-14"; in paragraph (5), the phrase "the exclusively-owned area that has been made subject to an order for management of a poorly managed exclusively-owned area, as well as" is deemed to be replaced with "the common area that has been made subject to an order for management of a poorly managed common area and", and the phrase "the movables, the rights related to the common areas and attached facilities, and the right to use the grounds" with "the movables"; and the phrase "Article 46-8, paragraph (3)" in item (i) of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46-13, paragraph (3)".

①The provisions of Article 40 of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011) do not apply to cases concerning a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66, Article 73, and Article 79).

②The provisions of Article 40 and Article 57, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act do not apply to non-contentious cases under the provisions of Chapter I, Sections 6 and 7.

Beyond what is provided for in this Chapter, the necessary matters concerning judicial proceedings for cases concerning a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66, Article 73, and Article 79) and for non-contentious cases under the provisions of Chapter I, Sections 6 and 7 are specified by Supreme Court Rules.