The court of second instance may conduct an examination of the facts upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant, or his/her defense counsel or may do so ex officio when it is necessary for the examination set forth in the preceding article; provided, however, that the court of second instance shall examine the facts of which the public prosecutor, the defendant, or his/her defense counsel has made prima facie showing under Article 382-2 only when this is indispensable to proving that the sentence is unreasonable or that there was an error in the finding of facts that would have affected the judgment.
When the court of second instance deems necessary, it may, ex officio, conduct an examination of any circumstances which occurred after a judgment in the first instance and which would have affected sentencing.
控訴裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、職権で、第一審判決後の刑の量定に影響を及ぼすべき情状につき取調をすることができる。
The examination prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs may be carried out by a member of a judicial panel, or may be delegated to a judge of a district court, family court, or summary court. In this case, the commissioned or delegated judge shall have the same authority as a court or a presiding judge.
前二項の取調は、合議体の構成員にこれをさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。この場合には、受命裁判官及び受託裁判官は、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。
When the examination prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) has been carried out, the public prosecutor and defense counsel may give their arguments based on the results.
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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.
summary court
簡易裁判所
One of the four kinds of lower court (下級裁判所) beneath the Supreme Court, with the high courts (高等裁判所), the district courts (地方裁判所) and the family courts (家庭裁判所) (Courts Act, Article 1, and Article 2, paragraph (1)). A summary court has jurisdiction at first instance over civil claims whose value does not exceed 1.4 million yen, other than claims in administrative cases, and over criminal cases for offences punishable by no more than a fine or for which a fine is one of the penalties the law allows, among others (Article 33, paragraph (1)). A petition for court mediation goes, unless a special rule says otherwise, to the summary court for the place where the other party lives or has its business office or other office, or to a district court or summary court the parties agree on (Civil Mediation Act, Article 3, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Courts Act, Arts. 1, 2, 33 and Civil Mediation Act, Art. 3 as a reference.