A civil mediator handles mediation cases as designated by the court.
民事調停官は、裁判所の指定を受けて、調停事件を取り扱う。
In the course of processing mediation cases that the civil mediator handles, they may exercise the authority prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (3) of the following Article and the authorities in relation to civil mediation or special mediation (including the authority vested in the chief mediator) provided as those to be exercised by a judge under the provisions of this Act (including the provisions of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22) and the provisions of the Act on Special Mediation for Expediting Arrangement of Specified Debts (Act No. 158 of 1999), and may also exercise the following authorities:
authority in relation to civil mediation provided as that to be exercised by the court under the provisions of Article 4, the proviso to Article 5, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (2), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 17, Article 28 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33), Article 34, and Article 35;
authority provided as that to be exercised by the court under the provisions of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22 (excluding the provisions of Article 13 and the main clause of Article 14, paragraph (3) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15 of that Act)), which relate to civil mediation; and
第二十二条において準用する非訟事件手続法の規定（同法第十三条及び第十四条第三項本文（同法第十五条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定を除く。）において裁判所が行うものとして規定されている権限であって民事調停に関するもの
authority in relation to special mediation prescribed as that to be exercised by the court in the provisions of the Act on Special Mediation for Expediting Arrangement of Specified Debts.
特定債務等の調整の促進のための特定調停に関する法律の規定において裁判所が行うものとして規定されている特定調停に関する権限
A civil mediator performs their duties independently.
民事調停官は、独立してその職権を行う。
A civil mediator may, when exercising their authority, give orders to a court clerk as necessary concerning their duties. In this case, the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (5) of the Courts Act (Act No. 59 of 1947) apply mutatis mutandis to a court clerk who has received an order from a civil mediator.
民事調停官は、その権限を行うについて、裁判所書記官に対し、その職務に関し必要な命令をすることができる。この場合において、裁判所法（昭和二十二年法律第五十九号）第六十条第五項の規定は、民事調停官の命令を受けた裁判所書記官について準用する。