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Article 269Composition of the Panel in a Case Involving Large-Scale Litigation

第二百六十九条(大規模訴訟に係る事件における合議体の構成)

In district court, a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case prescribed in the preceding Article.

地方裁判所においては、前条に規定する事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。

In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the panel may not contain three or more assistant judges at any one time, and no assistant judge may serve as presiding judge.

前項の場合には、判事補は、同時に三人以上合議体に加わり、又は裁判長となることができない。

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