A summons for the date in a civil enforcement procedure is to be made by serving a writ of summons, announcing the date to a person who has appeared in connection with the case in question, or any other method found to be appropriate.
民事執行の手続における期日の呼出しは、呼出状の送達、当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知その他相当と認める方法によつてする。
If a summons for the date is made by a method other than serving a writ of summons or announcing the date to a person who has appeared in connection with the case in question, no legal sanction or other disadvantage due to non-compliance with the date may be attributed to a person who does not appear on the date; however, this does not apply if that person has submitted a document stating that the person has received a summons for the date.
呼出状の送達及び当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知以外の方法による期日の呼出しをしたときは、期日に出頭しない者に対し、法律上の制裁その他期日の不遵守による不利益を帰することができない。ただし、その者が期日の呼出しを受けた旨を記載した書面を提出したときは、この限りでない。
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