If a lawsuit is pending between the parties concerned with regard to a civil dispute among the disputes prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1), and if either of the following grounds exists and there is a joint petition from the parties concerned, the court in charge of the case may decide to suspend the court proceedings for a fixed period of no longer than four months:
the conciliation is carried out between the parties concerned for the relevant dispute; or
beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, the parties concerned have reached an agreement to resolve the dispute through conciliation.
The court in charge of the case may rescind the decisions referred to in the preceding paragraph at any time.
受訴裁判所は、いつでも前項の決定を取り消すことができる。
No appeal may be filed against a decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1) and a decision to rescind the decision referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph.