A trial and decision regarding the request set forth in Article 262, paragraph (1) must be conducted and rendered by a panel.
第二百六十二条第一項の請求についての審理及び裁判は、合議体でこれをしなければならない。
The court may, when it is necessary, requisition a judge of a panel to investigate the facts, or commission a judge of a district or summary court to do so. In this case, an authorized judge or a commissioned judge has the same authority as a court or a presiding judge.
裁判所は、必要があるときは、合議体の構成員に事実の取調をさせ、又は地方裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。この場合には、受命裁判官及び受託裁判官は、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。
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summary court
簡易裁判所
One of the four kinds of lower court (下級裁判所) beneath the Supreme Court, with the high courts (高等裁判所), the district courts (地方裁判所) and the family courts (家庭裁判所) (Courts Act, Article 1, and Article 2, paragraph (1)). A summary court has jurisdiction at first instance over civil claims whose value does not exceed 1.4 million yen, other than claims in administrative cases, and over criminal cases for offences punishable by no more than a fine or for which a fine is one of the penalties the law allows, among others (Article 33, paragraph (1)). A petition for court mediation goes, unless a special rule says otherwise, to the summary court for the place where the other party lives or has its business office or other office, or to a district court or summary court the parties agree on (Civil Mediation Act, Article 3, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Courts Act, Arts. 1, 2, 33 and Civil Mediation Act, Art. 3 as a reference.