Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 327, paragraph (1)
第三百二十七条第一項
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The court may, when the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel have agreed to write down the content of a certain document or a certain statement that a witness would testify to on the trial date and have submitted such written statement to the court, use it as evidence without examining the original or the witness. However, the probative value of the document may be challenged regardless.
裁判所は、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人が合意の上、文書の内容又は公判期日に出頭すれば供述することが予想されるその供述の内容を書面に記載して提出したときは、その文書又は供述すべき者を取り調べないでも、その書面を証拠とすることができる。この場合においても、その書面の証明力を争うことを妨げない。
The court may, when the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel have agreed to write down
the content of a certain document orin a written statement, or record as an electronic or magnetic record, the content of a certain document or electronic or magnetic record (hereinafter referred to as "documents, etc." in this Article) or a certain statement that a witness would testify to on the trial date and have submitted such written statementto the court, use itor electronic or magnetic record to the court, use that written statement or electronic or magnetic record as evidence without examining theoriginaldocuments, etc. or the witness. However, the probative value ofthe documentthat written statement or electronic or magnetic record may be challenged regardless.裁判所は、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人が合意の上、文書
の若しくは電磁的記録（以下この条において「文書等」という。）の内容又は公判期日に出頭すれば供述することが予想されるその供述の内容を書面に記載して、又は電磁的記録として記録して提出したときは、その文書等又は供述すべき者を取り調べないでも、その書面当該書面又は当該電磁的記録を証拠とすることができる。この場合においても、その書面当該書面又は当該電磁的記録の証明力を争うことを妨げない。