With regard to the disqualification of and challenge to a civil mediator, the provisions of Article 11, Article 12, and Article 13, paragraphs (2) through (4), paragraph (8), and paragraph (9) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act apply mutatis mutandis.
民事調停官の除斥及び忌避については、非訟事件手続法第十一条、第十二条並びに第十三条第二項から第四項まで、第八項及び第九項の規定を準用する。
If a judicial decision to dismiss a petition to challenge is made on any of the grounds stated in the items of Article 13, paragraph (5) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act, the mediation proceedings are not stayed, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (4) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
非訟事件手続法第十三条第五項各号に掲げる事由があるとして忌避の申立てを却下する裁判があったときは、前項において準用する同条第四項本文の規定にかかわらず、調停手続は停止しない。
A judicial decision on disqualification of or a challenge to a civil mediator is made by the court to which the civil mediator belongs, and a judicial decision on disqualification of or a challenge to a civil mediator who belongs to a summary court is made by the district court that has jurisdiction over the locality of the summary court; provided, however, that the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph may be made by a civil mediator who has been challenged.
民事調停官の除斥又は忌避についてはその民事調停官の所属する裁判所が、簡易裁判所に所属する民事調停官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が、裁判をする。ただし、前項の裁判は、忌避された民事調停官がすることができる。