A summons is served.
召喚状は、これを送達する。
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
When the defendant submits documentation stating that the defendant will appear on an appointed trial date, or when the court orally instructs the defendant while in court to appear on the next trial date, this has the same effect as a summons being served. When the court orally instructs the defendant, this fact must be recorded in the trial records.
被告人から期日に出頭する旨を記載した書面を差し出し、又は出頭した被告人に対し口頭で次回の出頭を命じたときは、召喚状を送達した場合と同一の効力を有する。口頭で出頭を命じた場合には、その旨を調書に記載しなければならない。
The defendant detained at a penal institution near the court may be summoned by notifying an official of the penal institution (meaning the warden of the penal institution or an official of the penal institution designated by the warden; the same applies hereinafter). In this case, a summons is deemed to have been served when the defendant is notified by the official of the penal institution.
裁判所に近接する刑事施設にいる被告人に対しては、刑事施設職員（刑事施設の長又はその指名する刑事施設の職員をいう。以下同じ。）に通知してこれを召喚することができる。この場合には、被告人が刑事施設職員から通知を受けた時に召喚状の送達があつたものとみなす。
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official of the penal institutionmachine translation
「刑事施設職員」
The warden of a penal institution (刑事施設), or an official of that institution whom the warden designates.
Defined inArticle 65, paragraph (3)
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.