Except for the circumstances set forth in the preceding Article, when the defendant has not been notified of a summary order within four months from the date that the request for said summary order was filed, institution of prosecution shall lose effect retroactively.
前条の場合を除いて、略式命令の請求があつた日から四箇月以内に略式命令が被告人に告知されないときは、公訴の提起は、さかのぼつてその効力を失う。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court shall render a ruling to dismiss prosecution. In cases where a public prosecutor has already been notified of a summary order, the court shall rescind the summary order and rule for a dismissal.
前項の場合には、裁判所は、決定で、公訴を棄却しなければならない。略式命令が既に検察官に告知されているときは、略式命令を取り消した上、その決定をしなければならない。
An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
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.