If a petition for the substitution of a party is filed and the court finds the petition to be groundless after conducting an examination sua sponte, the court must rule to deny the petition.
訴訟手続の受継の申立てがあった場合には、裁判所は、職権で調査し、理由がないと認めるときは、決定で、その申立てを却下しなければならない。
If a petition for the substitution of a party is filed during a continuance of litigation proceedings following the service of an electronic judgment or electronic record as prescribed in Article 255, paragraph (1) under the provisions of Article 255 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 374, paragraph (2); the same applies in this paragraph), the court that reached the judgment in question must reach a judicial decision on the petition.
第二百五十五条（第三百七十四条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定による第二百五十五条第一項に規定する電子判決書又は電子調書の送達後に中断した訴訟手続の受継の申立てがあった場合には、その判決をした裁判所は、その申立てについて裁判をしなければならない。
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(Judicial Decision on Substitution)
If a petition for the substitution of a party is filed during a continuance of litigation proceedings following the service of an electronic judgment or electronic record as prescribed in Article 255…
第二百五十五条（第三百七十四条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定による第二百五十五条第一項に規定する電子判決書又は電子調書の送達後に中断した訴訟手続の受継の申立てがあった場合には、その判決をした裁判所は、その申立てについて裁判をしなければならない。
Open this provision(Service of Electronic Judgments)
An electronic judgment (limited to one recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 253, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, Article 285…
電子判決書（第二百五十三条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。次項、第二百八十五条、第三百五十五条第二項、第三百五十七条、第三百七十八条第一項及び第三百八十一条の七第一項において同じ。）又は前条第二項の規定により当事者及び法定代理人、主文…
Open this provision(Service of Electronic Judgments)
An electronic judgment (limited to one recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of Article 253, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, Article 285…
電子判決書（第二百五十三条第二項の規定によりファイルに記録されたものに限る。次項、第二百八十五条、第三百五十五条第二項、第三百五十七条、第三百七十八条第一項及び第三百八十一条の七第一項において同じ。）又は前条第二項の規定により当事者及び法定代理人、主文…
Open this provision(Rendition of Judgment)
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court may render its judgment without basing this on the electronic judgment.
前項の場合には、判決の言渡しは、電子判決書に基づかないですることができる。この場合においては、第二百五十四条第二項及び第二百五十五条の規定を準用する。
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送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.