Article 291

②When a ruling is rendered under Article 290-2, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), a public prosecutor shall read a charging sheet aloud under the preceding paragraph by a method whereby particulars identifying the victim are not disclosed. In this case, the public prosecutor must show the charging sheet to the defendant.

③The preceding paragraph also applies to the reading of a charging sheet under paragraph (1), when a ruling is rendered under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In this case, the term "particulars identifying the victim" in the same paragraph is replaced with "particulars identifying the witness or the like."

④Where measures have been taken under Article 271-2, paragraph (4), the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) (including the case where it is to be treated in the same way as the second sentence of paragraph (2) pursuant to the first sentence of the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) apply only where a ruling under Article 271-5, paragraph (1) has been made as to all or part of the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to those measures. In this case, the phrase "the charging sheet" in the second sentence of paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "in the case where a ruling under Article 271-5, paragraph (1) has been made as to all of the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to the measures under Article 271-2, paragraph (4), the charging sheet, and in the case where that ruling has been made as to part of the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to the measures under Article 271-2, paragraph (4), the extract of the charging sheet, etc. and the document prescribed in Article 271-5, paragraph (4)".

⑤After a charging sheet has been read aloud under paragraph (1), the presiding judge must notify the defendant that the defendant may remain silent at all times or refuse to answer individual questions, and of other necessary matters provided in the Rules of Court to protect the rights of the defendant, and then give the defendant and the defense counsel an opportunity to make a statement concerning the case under public prosecution.