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Chapter VII Special Provisions on Large-Scale Litigation
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In a case involving large-scale litigation (meaning litigation in which a significantly large number of parties are involved and a significantly large number of witnesses or parties themselves are to be examined), the court may have an authorized judge examine witnesses or the parties themselves inside the court, if no objection is made by the parties.
裁判所は、大規模訴訟（当事者が著しく多数で、かつ、尋問すべき証人又は当事者本人が著しく多数である訴訟をいう。）に係る事件について、当事者に異議がないときは、受命裁判官に裁判所内で証人又は当事者本人の尋問をさせることができる。
In district court, a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case prescribed in the preceding Article.
地方裁判所においては、前条に規定する事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the panel may not contain three or more assistant judges at any one time, and no assistant judge may serve as presiding judge.
前項の場合には、判事補は、同時に三人以上合議体に加わり、又は裁判長となることができない。
In the courts specified in each item of Article 6, paragraph (1), a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case in a prescribed IP action; provided, however, that this does not apply to a case involving litigation that has been transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1).
第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所においては、特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。ただし、第二十条の二第一項の規定により移送された訴訟に係る事件については、この限りでない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前条第二項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。