Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, a judicial police officer must, when said police officer has conducted the investigation of an offense, send the case together with the documents and articles of evidence to a public prosecutor promptly; provided however, that this does not apply to cases which have been specially designated by a public prosecutor.
司法警察員は、犯罪の捜査をしたときは、この法律に特別の定のある場合を除いては、速やかに書類及び証拠物とともに事件を検察官に送致しなければならない。但し、検察官が指定した事件については、この限りでない。
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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.