Article 31Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure Concerning Procedural Costs

①The provisions of Articles 69 through 74 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 71, paragraph (2) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 of the Code) and Article 71, paragraph (8) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 and Article 74, paragraph (2) of the Code)) apply mutatis mutandis to the burden of procedural costs. In this case: in Article 72 of the Code, the phrase "If the parties reach a court settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "If mediation is successful", and the phrase "settlement costs or court costs" is deemed to be replaced with "mediation costs under Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act or court costs under paragraph (4) of that Article"; in Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "judicial decision or settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision or successful mediation", and the phrase "an application for supporting intervention is withdrawn or if an objection to supporting intervention is withdrawn" is deemed to be replaced with "an application for intervention under the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) or Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act is withdrawn or a petition for permission for intervention under paragraph (2) of that Article is withdrawn"; and in Article 73, paragraph (2) of the Code, the phrase "Articles 61 through 66 and Article 71, paragraph (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 71, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", the phrase "a ruling on a petition under the preceding paragraph; the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition under the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling on a petition under the preceding paragraph", the phrase "paragraphs (5) through (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (5) through (7)", and the phrase "apply mutatis mutandis to an objection to such a disposition. In such a case, the term 'from the day when the judicial decision on the bearing of costs becomes final and binding' in Article 71, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with 'from the day when the litigation is concluded'" is deemed to be replaced with "apply mutatis mutandis to an objection to such a disposition".