When a court deems it necessary to conduct productive proceedings of a trial consecutively, systematically and speedily, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to a pretrial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case prior to the first trial date.
裁判所は、充実した公判の審理を継続的、計画的かつ迅速に行うため必要があると認めるときは、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、第一回公判期日前に、決定で、事件の争点及び証拠を整理するための公判準備として、事件を公判前整理手続に付することができる。
When a court renders a ruling under the preceding paragraph or a ruling to dismiss the request under the same paragraph, the court must hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel in advance pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Court.
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
A pretrial arrangement proceeding shall be conducted by having the persons concerned in the case appear and make a statement, or having them submit documents, pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection.
公判前整理手続は、この款に定めるところにより、訴訟関係人を出頭させて陳述させ、又は訴訟関係人に書面を提出させる方法により、行うものとする。
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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.