Code of Civil Procedure Article 427

A summary proceeding as provided in this Chapter shall apply to actions with regard to proprietary rights where the price or claim's value is not more than NTD 500,000.A summary proceeding shall apply to the following actions irrespective of the price or value of the claim:(1) Actions arising from disputes over a fixed-term lease of a building or other object of work, or from a fixed-term lender-borrower relationship;(2) Actions between employers and employees arising from employment contracts with terms of less than one year;(3) Actions between guests and hotel owners, food and beverage store owners, or carriers arising from food, accommodation, freight costs, or deposit of baggage or property;(4) Actions arising from the protection of possessions;(5) Actions arising from the fixing of the boundaries or the demarcation of a real property;(6) Actions arising from claims in negotiable instruments;(7) Actions arising from claims in bid societies;(8) Actions arising from claims in interest, bonus, rent, retirement/severance payment, or other periodical payments;(9) Actions arising from the lease of personal property or a lender-borrower relationship with respect to the use of personal property;(10) Actions arising from the guarantee for the claims provided in the first to the third subparagraphs inclusive and the sixth to the ninth subparagraphs inclusive;(11) Actions arising from claims with respect to road traffic accidents; or(12) Supplement civil actions of which the criminal summary proceeding is applicable, if the civil action has been transferred to civil courts by a ruling. In actions not provided in the two preceding paragraphs, the parties may agree to apply a summary proceeding and such agreement must be evidenced in writing.In cases where the court has adopted a summary proceeding to an action which is not provided in the first and the second paragraphs and the parties to such action have proceeded orally on the merits without raising objections, the parties shall be deemed to have reached the agreement provided in the preceding paragraph.In the action provided in the second paragraph, where the dispute is complicated or where the price or the claim value exceeds the amount provided in the first paragraph by ten times or more, the court may, on motion, switch to the ordinary proceeding by a ruling and the same judge shall continue adjudicating the case.The ruling provided in the preceding paragraph is not reviewable.Where necessary, the Judicial Yuan may order a reduction in the amount provided in the first paragraph to NTD 250,000 or increase it to NTD 750,000.
中文原文 民事訴訟法第427條
關於財產權之訴訟,其標的之金額或價額在新臺幣五十萬元以下者,適用本章所定之簡易程序。
下列各款訴訟,不問其標的金額或價額一律適用簡易程序:
一、因建築物或其他工作物定期租賃或定期借貸關係所生之爭執涉訟者。
二、僱用人與受僱人間,因僱傭契約涉訟,其僱傭期間在一年以下者。
三、旅客與旅館主人、飲食店主人或運送人間,因食宿、運送費或因寄存行李、財物涉訟者。
四、因請求保護占有涉訟者。
五、因定不動產之界線或設置界標涉訟者。
六、本於票據有所請求而涉訟者。
七、本於合會有所請求而涉訟者。
八、因請求利息、紅利、租金、退職金或其他定期給付涉訟者。
九、因動產租賃或使用借貸關係所生之爭執涉訟者。
十、因第一款至第三款、第六款至第九款所定請求之保證關係涉訟者。
十一、本於道路交通事故有所請求而涉訟者。
十二、適用刑事簡易訴訟程序案件之附帶民事訴訟,經裁定移送民事庭者。
不合於前二項規定之訴訟,得以當事人之合意,適用簡易程序,其合意應以文書證之。
不合於第一項及第二項之訴訟,法院適用簡易程序,當事人不抗辯而為本案之言詞辯論者,視為已有前項之合意。
第二項之訴訟,案情繁雜或其訴訟標的金額或價額逾第一項所定額數十倍以上者,法院得依當事人聲請,以裁定改用通常訴訟程序,並由原法官繼續審理。
前項裁定,不得聲明不服。
第一項所定數額,司法院得因情勢需要,以命令減至新臺幣二十五萬元,或增至七十五萬元。

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