An heir must either accept the succession unconditionally or with qualifications, or renounce it, within three months of the time the heir learns that succession has opened to that heir; provided, however, that this period may be extended by the family court at the request of an interested party or the public prosecutor.
相続人は、自己のために相続の開始があったことを知った時から三箇月以内に、相続について、単純若しくは限定の承認又は放棄をしなければならない。ただし、この期間は、利害関係人又は検察官の請求によって、家庭裁判所において伸長することができる。
An heir may examine the estate before accepting or renouncing the succession.
相続人は、相続の承認又は放棄をする前に、相続財産の調査をすることができる。
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.