Code of Civil Procedure

A means of using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court may be used as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court to file an application for a demand for payment with the court clerk of a summary court specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as a court that handles demand procedures under the provisions of this Chapter (referred to as a "designated summary court" in Article 398, paragraph (1) and Article 399), not only in a case as prescribed in Article 383, but also if the summary court prescribed in that Article is a summary court separately provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

If, in demand procedures involving an application for a demand for payment that is filed with a court clerk of a designated summary court, a lawful objection to a demand is lodged against the relevant demand for payment, an action is deemed to have been filed, at the time that the application for the demand for payment was filed and regarding the claim that the objection concerns, with the summary court as provided for in Article 383, to which the court clerk issuing the demand for payment belongs, or the summary court separately provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court as referred to in the preceding Article, or with the district court of jurisdiction in the locality of either such summary court, depending on the value of the subject matter of the claim.

In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if there are two or more applicable summary or district courts as prescribed in that paragraph, and the summary court as provided for in Article 383, paragraph (1) or the district court of jurisdiction in that locality is among them, the action regarding the claim that the objection concerns is deemed to have been filed there, and if neither of the courts is among them, the action for that claim is deemed to have been filed with the summary court of jurisdiction in the place specified in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article or the district court of jurisdiction for that locality.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the creditor, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, has designated a summary court or district court from among the summary courts or district courts as provided for in paragraph (1), the action is deemed to have been filed with that court.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 109-3, with the consent of the creditor that is to be served, service under the provisions of Article 109-2, paragraph (1) concerning demand procedures involving an application for a demand for payment that is filed with a court clerk of a designated summary court takes effect when a notice under that paragraph is sent to the creditor.