Article 43, paragraph (1)
Except as otherwise provided for in this Code, judgments must be rendered on the basis of oral arguments.
判決は、この法律に特別の定のある場合を除いては、口頭弁論に基いてこれをしなければならない。
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刑事訴訟法
Chapter V Judicial Decisions
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Chapter V Judicial Decisions第五章 裁判
Article 43第四十三条
Article 43, paragraph (2)
Rulings or orders are not necessarily rendered on the basis of the oral arguments.
決定又は命令は、口頭弁論に基いてこれをすることを要しない。
Article 43, paragraph (3)
A court or a judge may, when it is necessary to make a ruling or an order, conduct an examination of the facts.
決定又は命令をするについて必要がある場合には、事実の取調をすることができる。
Article 43, paragraph (4)
The examination prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be made by a judge who is a member of a panel, or may be delegated to a judge of a district court, family court or summary court.
前項の取調は、合議体の構成員にこれをさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。
Article 44第四十四条
Article 44, paragraph (1)
Judicial decisions must be accompanied by the reason thereof.
裁判には、理由を附しなければならない。
Article 44, paragraph (2)
A ruling or an order against which no appeal can be filed need not be accompanied by the reason; provided however, that this does not apply to a ruling against which an objection may be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 428, paragraph (2).
上訴を許さない決定又は命令には、理由を附することを要しない。但し、第四百二十八条第二項の規定により異議の申立をすることができる決定については、この限りでない。
Article 45第四十五条
Article 45, paragraph (1)
A decision other than a judgment may be made by an assistant judge alone.
判決以外の裁判は、判事補が一人でこれをすることができる。
Article 46第四十六条
1 change in this articleArticle 46, paragraph (1)
The defendant or any other person concerned in a case may request, at said person's own cost, a transcript or an extract of the written decision or the trial record in which the judicial decision is recorded.
被告人その他訴訟関係人は、自己の費用で、裁判書又は裁判を記載した調書の謄本又は抄本の交付を請求することができる。
Article 46, paragraph (2)Added
When a written decision is an electronic or magnetic record, or when a judicial decision is recorded in a record that is an electronic or magnetic record, the defendant or any other person concerned in a case may request, at said person's own cost, the provision of a document or electronic or magnetic record in which all or part of the particulars recorded in the written decision or the record are written or recorded, and for which it has been certified that its contents are identical to the particulars recorded in the written decision or the record.
裁判書が電磁的記録であるとき、又は裁判が電磁的記録である調書に記録されているときは、被告人その他訴訟関係人は、自己の費用で、当該裁判書又は当該調書に記録されている事項の全部又は一部を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録であつてその内容が当該裁判書又は当該調書に記録されている事項と同一であることの証明がされたものの提供を請求することができる。
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