In handling the following cases, if a request is made by the victim or others of that case, the legal representative of the victim, or an attorney who has been entrusted by those persons, and the court finds it appropriate after hearing the opinions of the defendant or the defense counsel, the court may render a ruling to the effect that particulars identifying the victim (meaning the name and address of or other particulars which will identify the victim of that case; the same applies hereinafter) should not be disclosed in an open court:
裁判所は、次に掲げる事件を取り扱う場合において、当該事件の被害者等若しくは当該被害者の法定代理人又はこれらの者から委託を受けた弁護士から申出があるときは、被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、相当と認めるときは、被害者特定事項（氏名及び住所その他の当該事件の被害者を特定させることとなる事項をいう。以下同じ。）を公開の法廷で明らかにしない旨の決定をすることができる。
cases involving the crimes or attempts of the crimes under Article 176, Article 177, Article 179, Article 181 or Article 182 of the Penal Code, Article 225 or Article 226-2, paragraph (3) of the same Code (limited to cases with the purpose of indecency or marriage; hereinafter the same applies in this item), Article 227, paragraph (1) of the same Code (limited to cases with the purpose of being an accessory to a person who commits the crime under Article 225 or Article 226-2, paragraph (3) of the same Code) or paragraph (3) (limited to cases with the purpose of indecency), or Article 241, paragraph (1) or (3) of the same Code; or
刑法第百七十六条、第百七十七条、第百七十九条、第百八十一条若しくは第百八十二条の罪、同法第二百二十五条若しくは第二百二十六条の二第三項の罪（わいせつ又は結婚の目的に係る部分に限る。以下この号において同じ。）、同法第二百二十七条第一項（同法第二百二十五条又は第二百二十六条の二第三項の罪を犯した者を幇助する目的に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第三項（わいせつの目的に係る部分に限る。）の罪若しくは同法第二百四十一条第一項若しくは第三項の罪又はこれらの罪の未遂罪に係る事件
cases involving the crimes under Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Child Welfare Act, Article 60, paragraph (2) pertaining to Article 34, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the same Act, Articles 4 through 8 of the Act on Regulation and Punishment of Acts Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children, or Articles 2 through 6 of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles;
児童福祉法第六十条第一項の罪若しくは同法第三十四条第一項第九号に係る同法第六十条第二項の罪、児童買春、児童ポルノに係る行為等の規制及び処罰並びに児童の保護等に関する法律第四条から第八条までの罪又は性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律第二条から第六条までの罪に係る事件
in addition to the cases given in the preceding two items, cases where it is deemed, from the mode of the crime, the state of the damage, and other circumstances, that there is the risk that the reputation or the peaceful social life of the victim or others will be seriously harmed through particulars identifying the victim being disclosed in an open court.
The request set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made to the public prosecutor in advance. In this case, the public prosecutor is to notify this to the court together with the prosecutor's opinion.
前項の申出は、あらかじめ、検察官にしなければならない。この場合において、検察官は、意見を付して、これを裁判所に通知するものとする。
In addition to the cases prescribed in paragraph (1), in handling a case where the court finds, from the mode of the crime, the state of the damage, and other circumstances, a risk of physical or property harm, threat to or confusion of the victim or victim's relatives through disclosing in an open court particulars identifying the victim, when it finds it appropriate after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, it may render a ruling to such effect that particulars identifying the victim not be disclosed in an open court.
Where the court comes to find that it is inappropriate for particulars identifying the victim not to be disclosed in an open court with regard to a case where the ruling set forth in paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph was rendered, that the case no longer comes under the cases given in paragraph (1), item (i) or item (ii) owing to the applicable penal statute being withdrawn or altered pursuant to the provisions of Article 312 or that the case no longer comes under the cases given in item (iii) of the same paragraph or the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, it must rule to rescind the ruling set forth in paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph.
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victim or othersmachine translation
「被害者等」
A victim, or, where the victim has died or has a serious physical or mental disability, the victim's spouse, lineal relative (直系の親族) or brother or sister.
Defined inArticle 201-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (c), (1)
particulars identifying the victimmachine translation
「被害者特定事項」
The name, address or any other matter that would identify the victim of a case, which the court may decide, under Article 290-2, not to disclose in open court in sexual offence cases and the other cases that Article lists.
Defined inArticle 290-2, paragraph (1)
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.