The court must, when the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel was absent from the examination prescribed in the preceding Article, give said person an opportunity to know of the details of the testimony of the witness.
裁判所は、検察官、被告人又は弁護人が前条の証人尋問に立ち会わなかつたときは、立ち会わなかつた者に、証人の供述の内容を知る機会を与えなければならない。
When the testimony of the witness prescribed in the preceding paragraph is unexpected and extremely disadvantageous to the defendant, the defendant or the defense counsel may request the court to examine other necessary additional particulars.
前項の証人の供述が被告人に予期しなかつた著しい不利益なものである場合には、被告人又は弁護人は、更に必要な事項の尋問を請求することができる。
If the request prescribed in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be without good reason, the court may dismiss said request.
裁判所は、前項の請求を理由がないものと認めるときは、これを却下することができる。
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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.