Changes and moves to paragraph (2) by (Act No. 67 of 2026)
The court that has received a request for a retrial may, when it deems necessary, request a judge on a judicial panel to conduct an examination of the facts to determine the grounds for the request for a retrial, or may delegate this to a judge of a district court, family court, or summary court. In this case, an authorized judge or a delegated judge shall have the same authority as a court or a presiding judge.
再審の請求を受けた裁判所は、必要があるときは、合議体の構成員に再審の請求の理由について、事実の取調をさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭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。
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.