A respondent may state an opinion when appearing on the date for trial procedures.
被審人は、審判手続の期日に出頭して、意見を述べることができる。
If a trial examiner finds it necessary, the trial examiner may request the respondent to state an opinion.
審判官は、必要があると認めるときは、被審人に対して、意見の陳述を求めることができる。
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「被審人」
In Section 2 of Chapter VI-2, on hearing procedures (審判手続), the person whom the Prime Minister proposes to order to pay an administrative monetary penalty (課徴金); the hearing procedure starts when a copy of the written decision to start it is served on that person.
Short name set inArticle 179, paragraph (3)· applies only in this section