A criminal complaint or withdrawal thereof made by the representative of a foreign country pursuant to the provisions of Article 232, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code may be filed with the Minister for Foreign Affairs notwithstanding the provisions of Article 241 and the preceding Article. The same applies to a criminal complaint or withdrawal thereof regarding an offense against a foreign mission sent to Japan as prescribed in Article 230 or 231 of the Penal Code, made by such mission.
刑法第二百三十二条第二項の規定により外国の代表者が行う告訴又はその取消は、第二百四十一条及び前条の規定にかかわらず、外務大臣にこれをすることができる。日本国に派遣された外国の使節に対する刑法第二百三十条又は第二百三十一条の罪につきその使節が行う告訴又はその取消も、同様である。
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A crime's victim telling a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer (司法警察員) of the crime and asking that the offender be punished; the victim may file one (Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 230 and 241, paragraph (1)). The victim's legal representative may also file one, and if the victim has died, their spouse, lineal relatives or siblings, though not against the victim's clearly stated wishes (Article 231). For some crimes — among them defamation and insult, and negligent injury — a prosecution cannot be brought without a complaint (Penal Code, Articles 209, paragraph (2), and 232, paragraph (1)); for those, a complaint must as a rule be filed within six months of learning who the offender is, though not one a foreign state's representative or a foreign envoy files over defamation or insult (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 235), and it may be withdrawn until a prosecution is brought, but not filed again (Article 237).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 230, 231, 235, 237, 241 and Penal Code, Arts. 209, 232 as a reference.