I hereby promulgate the Law for Total Number of Court Officials.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirtieth day of the third month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (March 30, 1951)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Total Number of Court Officials
The Law for Total Number of Court Officials (Law No.64 of 1947) shall be wholly amended as follows:
Article 1. The number of judges of inferior courts shall be as prescribed in the following table:
Classification |
Number |
Presidents of High Courts |
8 persons |
Judges |
1,100,, |
Assistant Judges |
472,, |
Judges of Summary Courts |
728,, |
Article 2. The number of court officials other than judges shall be as prescribed in the following table:
Classification |
Number |
Teachers of Judicial Research and Training Institute |
11 persons |
Teachers of Research and Training Institute for Court Clerks |
8,, |
Judicial Research Officials |
24,, |
Court Secretaries |
3,592,, |
Court Clerks |
2,361,, |
Assistant Court Clerks |
2,126,, |
Domestic Matters Investigators |
49,, |
Assistant Domestic Matters Investigators |
111,, |
Juvenile Investigators |
348,, |
Assistant Juvenile Investigators |
403,, |
Technical Officials of Courts |
100,, |
Supplementary Provisions:
1 This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1951.
2 Assistant Court Clerks may be, for the time being, appointed over the number prescribed in Article 2. In this case, the aggregate number of Court Clerks and Assistant Court Clerks shall not be over the aggregate number of Court Clerks and Assistant Court Clerks prescribed in the same Article.