A family court may commission another family court or a summary court to investigate facts.
家庭裁判所は、他の家庭裁判所又は簡易裁判所に事実の調査を嘱託することができる。
When a commissioned judge who performs duties as commissioned under the provisions of the preceding paragraph finds it to be appropriate for another family court or a summary court to examine facts, the judge may further commission the other court to investigate facts.
前項の規定による嘱託により職務を行う受託裁判官は、他の家庭裁判所又は簡易裁判所において事実の調査をすることを相当と認めるときは、更に事実の調査の嘱託をすることができる。
A family court may, when it finds it to be appropriate, have an authorized judge investigate facts.
家庭裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、受命裁判官に事実の調査をさせることができる。
When a commissioned judge or authorized judge investigates facts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the respective judge performs the duties of the family court and the presiding judge.
前三項の規定により受託裁判官又は受命裁判官が事実の調査をする場合には、家庭裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。
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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.