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Article 55Scope of Authority to Act as a Person's Litigation Representative

第五十五条(訴訟代理権の範囲)

A litigation representative may perform procedural acts involved in a counterclaim, intervention, judicial enforcement, provisional seizure, or provisional disposition for a case entrusted to them, and may receive payment for this.

訴訟代理人は、委任を受けた事件について、反訴、参加、強制執行、仮差押え及び仮処分に関する訴訟行為をし、かつ、弁済を受領することができる。

A litigation representative must be specially entrusted in order to:

訴訟代理人は、次に掲げる事項については、特別の委任を受けなければならない。

file a counterclaim;

反訴の提起

withdraw an action, enter into a settlement, waive or acknowledge a claim, or effect a withdrawal from litigation under the provisions of Article 48 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (3) and Article 51);

訴えの取下げ、和解、請求の放棄若しくは認諾又は第四十八条(第五十条第三項及び第五十一条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による脱退

file or withdraw an appeal to the court of second instance, a final appeal, or a petition as referred to in Article 318, paragraph (1);

控訴、上告若しくは第三百十八条第一項の申立て又はこれらの取下げ

withdraw an objection under the provisions of Article 360 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 367, paragraph (2), Article 378, paragraph (2) and Article 381-7, paragraph (2)) or consent to its withdrawal;

第三百六十条(第三百六十七条第二項、第三百七十八条第二項及び第三百八十一条の七第二項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による異議の取下げ又はその取下げについての同意

appoint a representative.

代理人の選任

The authority to act as a person's litigation representative in litigation may not be restricted; provided, however, that this does not apply to a litigation representative who is not an attorney.

訴訟代理権は、制限することができない。ただし、弁護士でない訴訟代理人については、この限りでない。

The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not restrict the authority of a representative who may act in court pursuant to law or regulation.

前三項の規定は、法令により裁判上の行為をすることができる代理人の権限を妨げない。

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