Article 91Access to Non-Electronic or Magnetic Case Records

①Any person may file a request with the court clerk to inspect a hard-copy case records (meaning the portion of the case records excluding the electronic or magnetic case records as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article; the same applies in this Article).

②Only the parties to the case or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file the request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to a hard-copy case records involving oral arguments that are prohibited from being disclosed to the public. The same applies to the portion of the hard-copy case records concerning the proposed terms of settlement under Article 264, the terms of settlement under the provisions of Article 265, paragraph (1) and the settlement as prescribed in Article 267, paragraph (1) (excluding a settlement that is concluded on the date for oral arguments).

③The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk to copy the hard-copy case records, or to issue an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of the electronic or magnetic case records.

④The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply with respect to hard-copy case records that have been prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects onto which a fixed set of information has been recorded by any equivalent means). Nevertheless, the court clerk must permit the reproduction of those audiotapes or videotapes at the request of a party to the case or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in these objects.

⑤A request to inspect, copy, or reproduce a hard-copy case records may not be filed if these actions would be detrimental to the preservation of the hard-copy case records or the performance of the court's duties.