Commercial Case Adjudication Act Article 36

The first instance of commercial litigation cases shall be conducted by a collegial panel of three judges. When necessary, the court may assign an associate judge as the commissioned judge to conduct preparatory proceedings.The provisions, as stipulated in Paragraph 2 of Article 7, Article 8, Paragraph 1 and the first half of Paragraph 3 of Article 15, Article 18, Article 39, Article 40, Article 43, Article 44, Paragraph 1 of Article 47, Article 49 through Article 53, Paragraph 3 of Article 55, Article 60, Paragraph 1 of Article 61 and Paragraph 3 of Article 64 of this Act, with regards to the authorities of the court or the presiding judges, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the commissioned judge when conducting preparatory proceedings.