Article 31-(2).　A Summary Court may, if it deems proper, even in case an action falls under the jurisdiction thereof, except when the jurisdiction is exclusive, transfer the whole or a part of such action, on application or, ex officio, to the District Court having jurisdiction over the district where the said Summary Court is situated.

Article 33.　Immediate complaint may be made against a decision of transfer and a decision by which an application for transfer has been dismissed.

Article 39.　Exclusion or refusal of a Judge who is a member of a collegiate court and that of a Judge sitting alone of a District Court shall be decided by the Court to which he belongs, and that of a Judge of a Summary Court by the District Court having jurisdiction over the district where the said Summary Court is situated, always by means of a rule.

Article 44.　The provisions of this Section shall apply mutatis mutandis to Court Clerks. In this case the decision shall be made by the Court to which the Clerk is attached, and the permission which may be granted for the refrainment of a Clerk of a Summary Court shall be given by the Judge of the said Court who is mentioned in Article 37 of the Court Organization Law.

Article 167.　Deleted.

Article 176.　Deleted.

Article 193-(2).　When the Court has found any judgment made against any law and ordinance, it may give a judgment to alter it within a week after its pronouncement;provided that it has not become binding or the Court sees no necessity of further oral proceedings for the case to alter the judgment.

"Article 207-(2).　Decisions other than judgments (hanketsu) may be made by an Assistant Judge (hanji-ho) alone.

Article 249.　In cases where the Court triee an action in a collegiate body, it may, if deemed proper, order that preparatory procedure for oral proceedings shall be conducted by a Commissioned Judge for the whole or a part of the action or for particular issues thereof.

Article 261.　Deleted.

Article 273.　In cases where the Prime Minister or any of other Ministers of State or a person who has occupied any such office is to be examined as a witness with respect to an official secret, the Court must acquire the assent of the Cabinet.

Article 277.　In case a witness fails to appear without good reason, the Court shall order him to bear the costs thereby occasioned, and impose a non-penal fine on him not exceeding five thousand yen, by means of a rule. Immediate complaint may be made against such rule.

Article 277-(2).　In case a witness fails to appear without good reason, he shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five thousand yen or detention.

Article 284.　The provisions of Article 277 and Article 277-(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis, in case where a witness refuses, without reason, to testify after a decision ruling his refusal to testify to be unfounded has become irrevocable.

Article 293.　The provisions of Article 277, Article 277-(2), Article 282 and Article 283 shall apply mutatis mutandis where a witness refuses to be sworn.

Article 294.　A witness shall first be examined by the party who has applied for the summon of him, and after the examination has concluded, the other party may examine him.

Article 295.　The parties may object to the permission, disallowance or restriction of an examination mentioned in the provisions of the preceding Article. In this case, the objection shall be decided by the Court.

Article 351-(2).　In case the parties have made a motion for the examination of a witness in oral proceedings who was examined in the procedure respecting the perpetuation of evidence, the Court shall make such examination.

Article 352.　In Summary Courts, matters in controversy shall be determined speedily by informal procedure.

Article 356-(2).　Summons on the appointed date may be effected by any of the methods deemed appropriate other than those prescribed in.

Article 358.　The provisions of Article 138 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where either the plaintiff or the defendant fails to appear on the appointed date for oral proceedings, or although he appears on that date, makes no oral statement on the merits of the case.

Article 358-(2).　Except in cases where any of the parties objects to, any matter to be entered in a protocol may be omitted if the judge permits it.

Article 358-(3).　The Court may, if it deems proper, have written statements presented in substitution for examinations of witnesses or expert witnesses.

Article 358-(4).　The Court may, if it deems necessary, cause any of the judicial commissioners to give assistance in effecting a compromise or to attend at the trial to take his opinion as to the case.

Article 358-(5).　The number of judicial commissioners shall be one or more with regard to each case.

Article 358-(6).　Judicial commissioners are entitled to receive travelling expenses, daily allowances and charges for lodging whose sum is to be fixed by the Supreme Court.

Article 384-(2).　In cases of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal according to the provisions of Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, it may, as it thinks the appellant lodged the appeal with the only intention of delaying the conclusion of the suit, order him to pay the amount under ten times as much as that of revenue stamps the written appeal bears.

Article 393.　Re-appeal (jokoku) may be made to the Supreme Court against the final judgment in the second instance or in the first instance rendered by a High Court, and to the High Court against the final judgment in the second instance rendered by a District Court.

Article 406-(2).　When a High Court is the Court of re-appeal, it must, in cases specified by the Supreme Court, transfer the case to the Supreme Court by means of a rule.

Article 409-(2).　A further re-appeal may be made to the Supreme Court against the final judgment rendered by a High Court in a re-appeal instance but only on the ground that the improper adjudication is made in the said judgment to the effect that a law, ordinance, regulation or disposition is, or is not, constitutional.

Article 409-(3).　With respect to the re-appeal under the preceding Article and the procedure of its re-appeal instance, the provisions concerning the re-appeal against a final judgment rendered in the second instance or in the first instance shall apply mutatis mutandis, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the nature of the matters mentioned above;provided that "the original judgment" in Article 403 shall read "the final judgment rendered by a District Court in the second instance or the final judgment of a Summary Court."

Article 409-(4).　Objections may be filed to the Court of re-appeal against the judgment it gave, only on the ground that the judgment in contravention of law and ordinance.

Article 409-(5).　Such objections must be raised within the days from the day when the judgment has been served. It shall not, however, prejudice the effect of objections made prior to this term.

Article 409-(6).　The Court of re-appeal, if it considers an objection reasonable, must make a judgment of alteration.

Article 419-(2).　A complaint (kokoku) may be made to the Supreme Court against a rule or order from which a protest is not possible, but only on the ground that an improper adjudication is made in the said decision to the effect that a law, ordinance, regulation or disposition is, or is not, constitutional.

Article 419-(3).　With respect to a complaint under the foregoing Article and the procedure concerning it, the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 418, as well as the provisions concerning the re-appeal under Article 409-(2) and the procedure of its re-appeal instance in so far as they are not inconsistent with the nature of matters mentioned above, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 530.　Deleted.

Article 553.　Deleted.

Article 556.　Deleted.

Article 618-(2).　The provisions of Article 570-(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of attachment in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article.

Article 635.　An action brought by a creditor who has lodged the objection shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Court of distribution.