The district court that has jurisdiction over the locality of the land that is the object of a land leasehold right has jurisdiction over the cases prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1), paragraph (2), or paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (3)), Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article), or paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article and Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article)), or Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article); provided, however, that this does not preclude the summary court that has jurisdiction over the locality from exercising jurisdiction, if the parties have reached an agreement.

①The provisions of Article 27, Article 40, Article 42-2, and the second sentence of Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011) do not apply to the cases referred to in the preceding Article.

②Beyond what is provided for in this Act, the necessary matters concerning the cases referred to in the preceding Article are to be specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

①The court may have a person who is qualified to be a party intervene in the proceedings of the cases referred to in Article 41, upon the petition of a party.

②The petition referred to in the preceding paragraph must be filed by a document stating the purpose of and reasons for the intervention.

③An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1).

①No person other than an attorney may act as a counsel, in addition to an agent who may perform acts in court under laws and regulations,;provided, however, that in a summary court, a person who is not an attorney may be appointed as a counsel with the permission of the court.

②The permission referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph may be rescinded at any time.

①A counsel may perform in addition to the matters specified in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act, procedural acts concerning the petition referred to in Article 19, paragraph (3) (excluding the acts provided in the following paragraph) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article and Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article); the same applies in the following paragraph) for a case entrusted to them.

②A counsel must, in addition to the matters set forth in the items of Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act, be specially entrusted for the petition referred to in Article 19, paragraph (3).

①The parties or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of their interest may make a request to a court clerk for the inspection or copying, or issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract, of the record of the case referred to in Article 41, or for the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning the case referred to in that Article.

②The provisions of Article 91, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the record referred to in the preceding paragraph.

①The committee of experts is composed of three or more members.

②The court designates the members of the committee of experts for each case from among the following persons; provided, however, that this does not preclude designating persons other than those persons if it is particularly necessary:

③Travel expenses, daily allowance, and accommodation fees prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court are paid to the member of the committee of experts.

When an action or any other case is pending concerning rights for the land that is the object of a land leasehold right, the court may suspend the proceedings of the case referred to in Article 41, until the action or the case is closed.

If a petition is defective and the defect cannot be corrected, the court may dismiss the petition without holding a hearing.

①Except for the case referred to in the preceding Article, the court must serve a written petition of the case referred to in Article 41 on the other party.

②The provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (4) through (6) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act apply mutatis mutandis when it is not possible to serve a written petition (including the cases in which the necessary expenses for serving a written petition are not prepaid).

①The court must hold a hearing on the hearing date, and hear the statements of the parties.

②A party may attend the hearing of the other party.

If the court has ordered a petitioner to prepay the necessary expenses for summoning the parties to appear on the court date in accordance with the provisions of the Act on Costs of Civil Procedure (Act No. 40 of 1971) by specifying a reasonable period of time and the prepayment is not made, the court may dismiss the petition.

If the court has investigated facts, it must give notice that an investigation was conducted to the parties and interested party intervenors, except when the court does not find it to be particularly necessary to do so.

When concluding the proceedings, the court must make a declaration to that effect on the date of the hearing.

①When a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 17, paragraphs (1) through (3) or paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (3)), Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article) or paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article and Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article)) or Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article), has been made, the written judgment must be served on the parties.

②The judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph does not become effective until it becomes final and binding.

The judicial decision referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must include the reasons for the decision.

The judicial decision referred to in Article 55, paragraph (1) is effective for the parties or their successors at the time that is after the final hearing date and before that judicial decision becomes final and binding.

A judicial decision under the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (3) or (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (3)), Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article and Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article)), or Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article) which orders performance, has the same effect as a judicial settlement concerning judicial enforcement.

The judicial decision under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article) cease to be effective when the land leasehold right holder does not transfer the building within six months after the judicial decision has become effective; provided, however, that the period may be extended or shortened by a judicial decision.

The provisions of Article 49, Article 50, and Article 52 apply mutatis mutandis when an immediate appeal is filed against the judicial decision referred to in Article 55, paragraph (1).

The provisions of Part I, Chapter VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 133-3, paragraph (2)) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition and other statements in the proceedings of the case referred to in Article 41. In such a case, the term "party" in Article 133, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor (meaning an interested party intervenor prescribed in Article 21, paragraph (5) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011); the same applies in Article 133-4, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7))"; the phrase "case records, etc. (meaning case records or the records of a case pertaining to a petition for a disposition under Article 132-4, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter)" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the record of the case referred to in Article 41 of the Act on Land and Building Leases", and the phrase "inspection, etc. of case records, etc. (meaning inspection, etc. of case records, inspection, etc. of non-electronic or non-magnetic records of dispositions for the collection of evidence, or inspection, etc. of electronic or magnetic records of dispositions for the collection of evidence; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) with regard to" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, or issuance of a transcript or extract, of"; the phrase "inspection, etc. of case records, etc. pertaining to" in Article 133-2, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, or issuance of a transcript or extract, of"; the phrase "in the case records, etc." in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "in the record of the case referred to in Article 41 of the Act on Land and Building Leases"; the phrase "inspection, etc. of case records, etc. pertaining to" in that paragraph and paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract, or reproduction, of"; the phrase "document or electronic or magnetic record stating or recording" in Article 133-3, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "document stating", the phrase "that document or electronic or magnetic record" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that document", and the phrase "or electronic or magnetic record, or any other similar document or electronic or magnetic record, inspection, etc. of case records, etc. pertaining to" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "or any other similar document, inspection or copying, or issuance of a transcript or extract, of"; the phrase "person ... case records, etc." in Article 133-4, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor, or third party who has made a prima facie showing of their interest, ... the record of the case referred to in Article 41 of the Act on Land and Building Leases"; the term "party" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor", the phrase "where the case records, etc. are kept" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "where the record of the case referred to in Article 41 of the Act on Land and Building Leases is kept", and the phrase "inspection, etc. of case records, etc." in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "inspection or copying, issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract, or reproduction"; and the term "party" in paragraph (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "party or interested party intervenor".