Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 321, paragraph (1), item (ii)
第三百二十一条第一項第二号
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with regard to a document in which a statement made before a public prosecutor is recorded, when the person who has made the statement is unable to do so in the trial preparation or on the trial date due to death, a mental or physical disorder, or being non est or out of the country, or when that person makes a statement in the trial preparation or on the trial date, which conflicts with or substantially differs from the previous statement; provided, however, that this is limited to the case when there are special circumstances that afford the previous statement more credible than the statement made in the trial preparation or on the trial date; and
検察官の面前における供述を録取した書面については、その供述者が死亡、精神若しくは身体の故障、所在不明若しくは国外にいるため公判準備若しくは公判期日において供述することができないとき、又は公判準備若しくは公判期日において前の供述と相反するか若しくは実質的に異なつた供述をしたとき。ただし、公判準備又は公判期日における供述よりも前の供述を信用すべき特別の情況の存するときに限る。
with regard to a document or electronic or magnetic record in which a statement made before a public prosecutor is recorded, when the person who has made the statement is unable to do so in the trial preparation or on the trial date due to death, a mental or physical disorder, or being non est or out of the country, or when that person makes a statement in the trial preparation or on the trial date, which conflicts with or substantially differs from the previous statement; provided, however, that this is limited to the case when there are special circumstances that afford the previous statement more credible than the statement made in the trial preparation or on the trial date; and
検察官の面前における供述を録取した書面又は電磁的記録については、その供述者が死亡、精神若しくは身体の故障、所在不明若しくは国外にいるため公判準備若しくは公判期日において供述することができないとき、又は公判準備若しくは公判期日において前の供述と相反するか若しくは実質的に異なつた供述をしたとき。ただし、公判準備又は公判期日における供述よりも前の供述を信用すべき特別の情況の存するときに限る。