Article 204Examinations Based on Communication Using Audiovisual Transmissions
第二百四条（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による尋問）
In any of the cases stated in the following items and if the court finds it to be appropriate, it may examine a witness, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, using a means that enables persons to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another's situation:
裁判所は、次に掲げる場合であって、相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、証人の尋問をすることができる。
if the court determines that it would be difficult for the witness to appear before the court in charge of the case due to the witness' domicile, age, mental or physical state, or other such circumstances;
証人の住所、年齢又は心身の状態その他の事情により、証人が受訴裁判所に出頭することが困難であると認める場合
if the court determines that, due to the nature of the case, the witness' age or mental or physical state, the relationship between the witness and the party in question or their legal representative, or other such circumstances, the pressure that the witness would incur if they were to give their statement from the location where the presiding judge and the parties had come to examine them would likely seriously disrupt their mental balance; or
事案の性質、証人の年齢又は心身の状態、証人と当事者本人又はその法定代理人との関係その他の事情により、証人が裁判長及び当事者が証人を尋問するために在席する場所において陳述するときは圧迫を受け精神の平穏を著しく害されるおそれがあると認める場合
if neither party has any objection.
当事者に異議がない場合
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