When a public prosecutor has not instituted prosecution against a suspect regarding a case in which the suspect was detained pursuant to the provisions of Article 207 within ten days of the request for detention, said prosecutor must immediately release the suspect.
第二百七条の規定により被疑者を勾留した事件につき、勾留の請求をした日から十日以内に公訴を提起しないときは、検察官は、直ちに被疑者を釈放しなければならない。
When a judge deems unavoidable circumstances to exist, said judge may extend the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph upon the request of a public prosecutor. The total period of such extensions must not exceed ten days.
裁判官は、やむを得ない事由があると認めるときは、検察官の請求により、前項の期間を延長することができる。この期間の延長は、通じて十日を超えることができない。
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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.