(1) If a decision under Article 163 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act is rendered with respect to litigation records concerning legal proceedings in which an order to maintain confidentiality had been issued (excluding legal proceedings in which an order to maintain confidentiality has been revoked), and an applicant for request to inspect confidential records, etc. defined under the same paragraph is not subject to the order to maintain confidentiality in the relevant legal proceedings, a Grade IV, V, VI, or VII court official (hereafter referred to as "court official" in this Article) shall notify the applicant for request under Article 163 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act (excluding the applicant for request for inspection, etc.; hereafter the same shall also apply in paragraph (3)) of the fact that the request for inspection, etc. was filed immediately after the request.
(2) In cases falling under paragraph (1), no court official shall permit inspection, etc. of confidential records under paragraph (1) by an applicant for request therefor before the lapse of two weeks from the filing date of the request under paragraph (1) (or before the date when the decision on the request to issue an order to maintain confidentiality to the applicant for request under paragraph (1) becomes final and conclusive, if the request for the order to maintain confidentiality was filed before the date).
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where an applicant of a request for inspection, etc. under paragraph (1) is permitted to inspect the confidential records under paragraph (1) with the consent of all parties who filed a request under Article 163 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]