Third Petty Bench

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The Third Petty Bench is one of the small specialized panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a subset of the court’s appellate caseload.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial panel
petty bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
alsoKnownAs Daisan Shōhōtei
Third Small Bench
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Japan
canReferCasesTo Supreme Court of Japan
surface form: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
country Japan
courtHierarchyPosition highest judicial level in Japan
establishedBy Constitution of Japan
surface form: Japanese Constitution of 1947
governedBy Court Act of Japan
handles administrative cases
civil cases
criminal cases
subset of appellate cases of the Supreme Court of Japan
hasFunction application of precedents of the Supreme Court of Japan
final review of lower court decisions within its competence
interpretation of Japanese statutes
headedBy Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
jurisdiction Japan
languageOfProceedings Japanese
legalSystem civil law system of Japan
levelOfCourt court of last resort
locatedIn Supreme Court Building
Tokyo
numberOfJudges 5
parentCourt Supreme Court of Japan
partOf Supreme Court of Japan
sitsAlongside First Petty Bench
Second Petty Bench
subordinateTo Supreme Court of Japan
surface form: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
typeOfCourt appellate court

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Supreme Court of Japan hasDivision Third Petty Bench
Second Petty Bench hasPeer Third Petty Bench
Daisan Shōhōtei translatedName Third Petty Bench