Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 157-6, paragraph (1)
第百五十七条の六第一項
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In the examination of the person set forth in the following items as a witness, when a court finds it appropriate, the court may, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, have the witness be present in a place located in the same premises (meaning in the same premises as the place where these persons are present; the same applies in the following paragraph) other than the place where the judge and persons concerned in the case are present for the examination of the witness, and examine the witness by means that allows the recognition of each other's presence and communication through the transmission of images and sound:
裁判所は、次に掲げる者を証人として尋問する場合において、相当と認めるときは、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、裁判官及び訴訟関係人が証人を尋問するために在席する場所以外の場所であつて、同一構内（これらの者が在席する場所と同一の構内をいう。次項において同じ。）にあるものにその証人を在席させ、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によつて、尋問することができる。
In the examination of the person set forth in the following items as a witness, when a court finds it appropriate, the court may, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, have the witness be present in a place located in the same premises
(meaning in the same premises as the place where these persons are present; the same applies in the following paragraph)other than the place where the judge and persons concerned in the case are present for the examination of the witness, and examine the witness by means that allows the recognition of each other's presence and communication through the transmission of images and sound:裁判所は、次に掲げる者を証人として尋問する場合において、相当と認めるときは、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、裁判官及び訴訟関係人が証人を尋問するために在席する場所以外の場所であつて、同一構内
（これらの者が在席する場所と同一の構内をいう。次項において同じ。）にあるものにその証人を在席させ、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によつて、尋問することができる。