Regarding civil procedures such as bankruptcy and division of inheritance, a draft outline for the revision of the law has been compiled so that documents can be submitted to the court online and discussions can be held.
In civil procedures, the revised Civil Procedure Code was enacted last year so that complaints can be submitted online in court and oral arguments can be held at web conferences, and IT will be gradually introduced in the future.
On the 20th, the bill for the revision of the law, which was put together by the Legislative Council, included the use of IT in other civil procedures, such as bankruptcy proceedings, ``civil execution'' in which the debtor's property was seized, and arbitration for the division of inheritance. Become.
It is now possible to submit petitions and materials to the court, which are currently limited to written documents, online, and attorneys and other agents will be obligated to submit them online.
In addition, web conferencing can be used for consultations involving parties and judges so that there is no need to go to court.
Furthermore, it was also included that the court will, in principle, manage the petition and other documents as electronic data, and that the relevant parties will be able to view them on the Internet.
This outline will be decided next month and reported to Minister of Justice Saito, and the Ministry of Justice plans to submit a bill to revise the relevant laws to the regular Diet session.