(1) Where a decision under Article 163 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act has been rendered for litigation records regarding lawsuit proceedings for which a confidentiality order had been issued (excluding lawsuit proceedings for which any and all confidentiality orders have been revoked), and the party has made a request for perusal, etc. of confidential records prescribed in that paragraph but the procedures for such request have been followed by a person not subject to a confidentiality order in the lawsuit at issue; a court official of Grade IV, V, VI, or VII (hereafter in this Article referred to as "court official of Grade V, etc.") shall notify the party who has made a request under that paragraph (excluding a person who has made the aforementioned request for perusal, etc.; hereafter in paragraph (3), the same shall apply) of the fact that the request for perusal, etc. was made immediately after the request.
(2) No court official of Grade V, etc. shall allow a person who has followed the procedures for the request for perusal, etc. to peruse the confidential records under paragraph (1) until two weeks have elapsed from the date the request under paragraph (1) was made (referring to the time when a judgment on the request becomes final and conclusive, if a request for issuing a confidentiality order to a person who has followed the request procedures is made within the period).
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where all the parties who have filed a request under Article 163 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act give their consent to permitting a person who has made a request for perusal, etc. under paragraph (1) to peruse, etc. the confidential records under paragraph (1).[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 14, 2023]