Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 255, paragraph (1)
第二百五十五条第一項
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If an offender is outside Japan or said offender is in hiding, making it impossible to serve a transcript of the charging sheet or notify the summary order, the statute of limitations is suspended during the period when the offender is outside Japan or is in hiding.
犯人が国外にいる場合又は犯人が逃げ隠れているため有効に起訴状の謄本の送達若しくは略式命令の告知ができなかつた場合には、時効は、その国外にいる期間又は逃げ隠れている期間その進行を停止する。
If an offender is outside Japan or said offender is in hiding, making it impossible to
serve a transcript of the charging sheetvalidly effect service pursuant to the provisions of Article 271, paragraph (1) or notify the summary order, the statute of limitations is suspended during the period when the offender is outside Japan or is in hiding.犯人が国外にいる場合又は犯人が逃げ隠れているため有効に
起訴状の謄本の第二百七十一条第一項の規定による送達若しくは略式命令の告知ができなかつた場合には、時効は、その国外にいる期間又は逃げ隠れている期間その進行を停止する。