If a suit is pending for a case for which a petition for mediation is filed, or a case is referred for mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) or Article 24-2, paragraph (2), the court in charge of the case may suspend litigation proceedings while the mediation case is open; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which there is no agreement by the parties after the arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case has been completed.
調停の申立てがあった事件について訴訟が係属しているとき、又は第二十条第一項若しくは第二十四条の二第二項の規定により事件が調停に付されたときは、受訴裁判所は、調停事件が終了するまで訴訟手続を中止することができる。ただし、事件について争点及び証拠の整理が完了した後において、当事者の合意がない場合には、この限りでない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a non-contentious case is pending for a case for which a petition for mediation has been filed, or a non-contentious case is referred for mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article.