When a public prosecutor finds it necessary taking into account the importance of evidence obtained if a suspect or the defendant in a case involving the specific crime performs one or more than one of the acts set forth in item (i) with regard to another person's criminal case involving the specific crime (hereinafter simply referred to as "another person's criminal case"), the gravity and circumstances of the crime concerned, the extent of the relevance of that crime concerned and other circumstances, the public prosecutor may reach an agreement with the suspect or defendant to the effect that the suspect or defendant performs one or more than one of the acts set forth in the same item with regard to that another person's criminal case, and the public prosecutor performs one or more than one of the acts set forth in item (ii) with regard to the case of the suspect or defendant.
Acts set forth in the following:
次に掲げる行為
making a true statement in an interrogation conducted by the public prosecutor, the public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police official pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) or Article 223, paragraph (1);
第百九十八条第一項又は第二百二十三条第一項の規定による検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員の取調べに際して真実の供述をすること。
making a true statement when the suspect or defendant is examined as a witness; or
証人として尋問を受ける場合において真実の供述をすること。
in relation to the collection of evidence by the public prosecutor, the public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police official, submitting evidence or providing other necessary cooperation (except those set forth in (a) and (b)).
検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員による証拠の収集に関し、証拠の提出その他の必要な協力をすること（イ及びロに掲げるものを除く。）。
Acts set forth in the following:
次に掲げる行為
not instituting prosecution;
公訴を提起しないこと。
withdrawing prosecution;
公訴を取り消すこと。
instituting or maintaining prosecution using the specific count and applicable penal statute;
特定の訴因及び罰条により公訴を提起し、又はこれを維持すること。
requesting the addition or withdrawal of the specific count or applicable penal statute, or the alteration of a count or an applicable penal statute to the specific count or applicable penal statute;
特定の訴因若しくは罰条の追加若しくは撤回又は特定の訴因若しくは罰条への変更を請求すること。
stating an opinion to the effect that the specific sentence should be rendered to the defendant, in the statement of opinions pursuant to the provisions of Article 293, paragraph (1);
第二百九十三条第一項の規定による意見の陳述において、被告人に特定の刑を科すべき旨の意見を陳述すること。
filing a petition for expedited trial proceedings; or
即決裁判手続の申立てをすること。
filing a request for a summary order.
略式命令の請求をすること。
The "specific crime" provided in the preceding paragraph means one of the following crimes (except those punishable by the death penalty or imprisonment for life):
前項に規定する「特定犯罪」とは、次に掲げる罪（死刑又は無期拘禁刑に当たるものを除く。）をいう。
crimes under Articles 96 through 96-6 or Article 155 of the Penal Code, crimes that should be dealt with in the same manner as the same Article, crimes under Article 157 of the same Code, crimes under Article 158 of the same Code (limited to those pertaining to crimes under Article 155 of the same Code, crimes that should be dealt with in the same manner as the same Article, or crimes under Article 157, paragraph (1) or (2) of the same Code), or crimes under Articles 159 through 163-5, Articles 197 through 197-4, Article 198, Articles 246 through 250, or Articles 252 through 254 of the same Code;
刑法第九十六条から第九十六条の六まで若しくは第百五十五条の罪、同条の例により処断すべき罪、同法第百五十七条の罪、同法第百五十八条の罪（同法第百五十五条の罪、同条の例により処断すべき罪又は同法第百五十七条第一項若しくは第二項の罪に係るものに限る。）又は同法第百五十九条から第百六十三条の五まで、第百九十七条から第百九十七条の四まで、第百九十八条、第二百四十六条から第二百五十条まで若しくは第二百五十二条から第二百五十四条までの罪
crimes under Article 3 of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds (Act No. 136 of 1999; hereinafter referred to as the "Organized Crime Punishment Act") pertaining to the crimes under paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv), item (xiii) or item (xiv) of the same Article, attempts of crimes under the same Article pertaining to the crimes under item (xiii) or (xiv) of the same paragraph, or crimes under Article 10 or 11 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act;
組織的な犯罪の処罰及び犯罪収益の規制等に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百三十六号。以下「組織的犯罪処罰法」という。）第三条第一項第一号から第四号まで、第十三号若しくは第十四号に掲げる罪に係る同条の罪、同項第十三号若しくは第十四号に掲げる罪に係る同条の罪の未遂罪又は組織的犯罪処罰法第十条若しくは第十一条の罪
in addition to those set forth in the preceding two items, crimes under laws related to taxes, the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (Act No. 54 of 1947) or the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948), or other crimes provided by Cabinet Order as finance and economy-related crimes;
前二号に掲げるもののほか、租税に関する法律、私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律（昭和二十二年法律第五十四号）又は金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）の罪その他の財政経済関係犯罪として政令で定めるもの
crimes under the following laws:
次に掲げる法律の罪
Criminal Regulations to Control Explosives (Cabinet Ordinance No. 32 of 1884);
爆発物取締罰則（明治十七年太政官布告第三十二号）
Stimulants Control Act (Act No. 252 of 1951);
覚醒剤取締法（昭和二十六年法律第二百五十二号）
Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act (Act No. 14 of 1953);
麻薬及び向精神薬取締法（昭和二十八年法律第十四号）
Ordnance Manufacturing Act (Act No. 145 of 1953);
武器等製造法（昭和二十八年法律第百四十五号）
Opium Control Act (Act No. 71 of 1954);
あへん法（昭和二十九年法律第七十一号）
Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons (Act No. 6 of 1958);
銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法（昭和三十三年法律第六号）
Act Concerning Special Provisions for the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, etc. and Other Matters for the Prevention of Activities Encouraging Illicit Conducts and Other Activities Involving Controlled Substances through International Cooperation (Act No. 94 of 1991); or
国際的な協力の下に規制薬物に係る不正行為を助長する行為等の防止を図るための麻薬及び向精神薬取締法等の特例等に関する法律（平成三年法律第九十四号）
crimes under Article 103, 104 or 105-2 of the Penal Code, or crimes under Article 7 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act (limited to those involving persons set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) of the same Article) or Article 7-2 of the same Act (for any of these crimes, limited to those listed in the preceding items, which are regarded as the crimes of the principal offenders).
In an agreement under paragraph (1), matters incidental to the acts performed by the suspect or defendant as set forth in item (i) of the same paragraph, or the acts performed by the public prosecutor as set forth in item (ii) of the same paragraph, and other necessary matters to achieve the purpose of the agreement may be contained.
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judicial police officialmachine translation
「司法警察職員」
Judicial police officers (司法警察員) and judicial police constables (司法巡査) together.
Defined inArticle 39, paragraph (3)
another person's criminal case
「他人の刑事事件」
A criminal case of another person involving a specific crime (特定犯罪), about which a suspect or defendant may agree with a public prosecutor, under Article 350-2, to make true statements in interrogation or as a witness or to help gather evidence, in return for the prosecutor not prosecuting, withdrawing or limiting the charges, or taking another of the steps that Article lists.
Short name set inArticle 350-2, paragraph (1)
specific crimemachine translation
「特定犯罪」
The crimes Article 350-2, paragraph (2) lists, among them forgery, bribery, fraud, extortion, breach of trust and embezzlement under the Penal Code, certain crimes under the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime, tax, antimonopoly, financial instruments and other financial and economic crimes a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, crimes under the drug, firearms, explosives and weapons laws it names, and harboring an offender, destroying evidence or intimidating witnesses in connection with those crimes, leaving out any punishable by death or life imprisonment (無期拘禁刑); only a case involving one of them can be the subject of an agreement between a public prosecutor and a suspect or defendant under Article 350-2.
Defined inArticle 350-2, paragraph (2)
Organized Crime Punishment Act
「組織的犯罪処罰法」
Short name for the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime (Act No. 136 of 1999).
Short name set inArticle 350-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.
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.