With regard to a case which has been placed in a pretrial arrangement proceeding or an inter-trial arrangement proceeding, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 298, paragraph (1), the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel may not request examination of evidence after the end of the pretrial arrangement proceeding or the inter-trial arrangement proceeding, except evidence that was not able to be requested in the proceeding because of unavoidable reasons.
公判前整理手続又は期日間整理手続に付された事件については、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人は、第二百九十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、やむを得ない事由によつて公判前整理手続又は期日間整理手続において請求することができなかつたものを除き、当該公判前整理手続又は期日間整理手続が終わつた後には、証拠調べを請求することができない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not prevent the court from examining evidence ex officio when the court deems it to be necessary.
前項の規定は、裁判所が、必要と認めるときに、職権で証拠調べをすることを妨げるものではない。
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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.