The court may, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, and when the court deems it to be necessary, taking into account the importance of the witness, said witness's age, occupation, physical condition and other circumstances and the gravity of the factual background, summon a witness for examination to a place outside of the court or examine said person at said person's present location.
裁判所は、証人の重要性、年齢、職業、健康状態その他の事情と事案の軽重とを考慮した上、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、必要と認めるときは、裁判所外にこれを召喚し、又はその現在場所でこれを尋問することができる。
In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the court must give the public prosecutor, the defendant and the defense counsel an opportunity to know in advance of the particulars to be examined.
前項の場合には、裁判所は、あらかじめ、検察官、被告人及び弁護人に、尋問事項を知る機会を与えなければならない。
The public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel may request the court to examine other necessary particulars in addition to the particulars for examination prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
検察官、被告人又は弁護人は、前項の尋問事項に附加して、必要な事項の尋問を請求することができる。
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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.