Changes and moves to paragraph (2) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The public prosecutor may inspect and copy the documents and articles of evidence relating to trials after prosecution has been instituted.
検察官は、公訴の提起後は、訴訟に関する書類及び証拠物を閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。
Changes and moves to paragraph (3) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the recording medium provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (5) may not be copied.
前項の規定にかかわらず、第百五十七条の六第五項に規定する記録媒体は、謄写することができない。
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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.