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Article 21Special Provisions on the Transfer of Litigations

第二十一条(訴訟の移送の特例)

When a litigation demanding revocation of a disclosure or non-disclosure decision, or revocation of an administrative determination on a request for review related to a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or an inaction related to a request for disclosure (referred to as "information disclosure litigation" in the following paragraph and paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions) has been filed to the specified court with jurisdiction prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (4) of the Administrative Case Litigation Act (Act No. 139 of 1962), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (5) of that Act, if an action for judicial review (meaning an action for judicial review prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) on a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or an inaction related to a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or a request for disclosure for the same, or the same type or similar administrative documents is pending at another court, if the specified court with jurisdiction finds it appropriate in consideration of the address or location of the party, the address of witness to be examined, commonality of the issues or evidence, and other circumstances, the court may transfer all or a part of the litigation to that other court or a court prescribed in Article 12, paragraphs (1) through (3) of that Act, in response to a proposal or by its own authority.

行政事件訴訟法(昭和三十七年法律第百三十九号)第十二条第四項の規定により同項に規定する特定管轄裁判所に開示決定等の取消しを求める訴訟又は開示決定等若しくは開示請求に係る不作為に係る審査請求に対する裁決の取消しを求める訴訟(次項及び附則第二項において「情報公開訴訟」という。)が提起された場合においては、同法第十二条第五項の規定にかかわらず、他の裁判所に同一又は同種若しくは類似の行政文書に係る開示決定等又は開示決定等若しくは開示請求に係る不作為に係る審査請求に対する裁決に係る抗告訴訟(同法第三条第一項に規定する抗告訴訟をいう。次項において同じ。)が係属しているときは、当該特定管轄裁判所は、当事者の住所又は所在地、尋問を受けるべき証人の住所、争点又は証拠の共通性その他の事情を考慮して、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の全部又は一部について、当該他の裁判所又は同法第十二条第一項から第三項までに定める裁判所に移送することができる。

The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the cases in which an action for judicial review on a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or an administrative determination on a request for review of a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or an inaction related to the disclosure request, other than an information disclosure lawsuit, has been filed to the specified court with jurisdiction prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (4) of the Administrative Case Litigation Act pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

前項の規定は、行政事件訴訟法第十二条第四項の規定により同項に規定する特定管轄裁判所に開示決定等又は開示決定等若しくは開示請求に係る不作為に係る審査請求に対する裁決に係る抗告訴訟で情報公開訴訟以外のものが提起された場合について準用する。

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