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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 291-2, paragraph (1)

第二百九十一条の二第一項

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  1. In force today

    When the defendant enters a guilty plea for a count stated in the charging sheet during the proceedings under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, a court may, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor, the defendant and the defense counsel, render a ruling to try the case by a summary criminal trial only with regard to the counts for which the defendant enters a guilty plea; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases punishable by the death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment whose minimum term is one year or more.

    被告人が、前条第五項の手続に際し、起訴状に記載された訴因について有罪である旨を陳述したときは、裁判所は、検察官、被告人及び弁護人の意見を聴き、有罪である旨の陳述のあつた訴因に限り、簡易公判手続によつて審判をする旨の決定をすることができる。ただし、死刑又は無期若しくは短期一年以上の拘禁刑に当たる事件については、この限りでない。

  2. Not yet in force Act No. 39 of 2025 Reworded

    When the defendant enters a guilty plea for a count stated in the charging sheet during the proceedings under paragraph (5)(6) of the preceding Article, a court may, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor, the defendant and the defense counsel, render a ruling to try the case by a summary criminal trial only with regard to the counts for which the defendant enters a guilty plea; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases punishable by the death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment whose minimum term is one year or more.

    被告人が、前条第五項第六項の手続に際し、起訴状に記載された訴因について有罪である旨を陳述したときは、裁判所は、検察官、被告人及び弁護人の意見を聴き、有罪である旨の陳述のあつた訴因に限り、簡易公判手続によつて審判をする旨の決定をすることができる。ただし、死刑又は無期若しくは短期一年以上の拘禁刑に当たる事件については、この限りでない。

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