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When a court finds it necessary taking into account the extent of the necessity of disclosure of evidence, the content and extent of the possible harmful effects of disclosure and other circumstances, the court may render a ruling to designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure of the evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 316-21, paragraph (4)) upon request from a public prosecutor, or the evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-18 (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 316-22, paragraph (4)) upon request from the defendant or the defense counsel.
裁判所は、証拠の開示の必要性の程度並びに証拠の開示によつて生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度その他の事情を考慮して、必要と認めるときは、第三百十六条の十四第一項（第三百十六条の二十一第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による開示をすべき証拠については検察官の請求により、第三百十六条の十八（第三百十六条の二十二第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による開示をすべき証拠については被告人又は弁護人の請求により、決定で、当該証拠の開示の時期若しくは方法を指定し、又は条件を付することができる。
If the court makes a ruling for the request prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it must hear the opinion of the opponent.
裁判所は、前項の請求について決定をするときは、相手方の意見を聴かなければならない。
An immediate appeal against the ruling prescribed in paragraph (1) may be filed.
第一項の請求についてした決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
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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.