When a witness is to be examined outside the court, the court may commission a judge of a panel to examine said witness, or delegate questioning to a judge of the district court, family court or summary court of the present location of said witness.
裁判所外で証人を尋問すべきときは、合議体の構成員にこれをさせ、又は証人の現在地の地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。
A delegated judge may re-delegate a judge of another district court, family court or summary court who has the competence to be delegated to.
受託裁判官は、受託の権限を有する他の地方裁判所、家庭裁判所又は簡易裁判所の裁判官に転嘱することができる。
A delegated judge may, when lacking the competence to handle delegated particulars, transfer them to a judge of another district court, family court or summary court who has the competence to be delegated to.
受託裁判官は、受託事項について権限を有しないときは、受託の権限を有する他の地方裁判所、家庭裁判所又は簡易裁判所の裁判官に嘱託を移送することができる。
A commissioned or delegated judge may, with respect to examination of a witness, take the measures belonging to a court or a presiding judge; provided however, that the court also may render the rulings prescribed in Articles 150 and 160.
The proceedings provided in Article 158, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 159 must, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, be exercised by the court.
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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.