Article 22-4Observation of Trial and Decision by Victims

①The family court may, pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, permit, upon request, the victim, etc. to observe the trial and decision of a juvenile case on the trial and decision date for a juvenile case as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) who committed a crime stated in any of the following items, or for a juvenile case as prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph (excluding any juvenile under 12 years of age who committed an act violating criminal laws and regulations; this also applies in the next paragraph), who committed an act violating criminal laws and regulations concerning crimes stated in any of the following items (limited to any act that caused serious danger to victim's life in either of the relevant cases when the victim was injured), if the victim, etc. requests to observe the trial and decision on the trial and decision date, and the court finds it appropriate and unlikely to hinder the sound development of the juvenile, considering the age of the juvenile, mental or physical state, the nature of the case, status of the trial and decision and other circumstances:

②When deciding whether or not to permit the victim, etc. of a juvenile case as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii), to observe the trial and decision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the family court must give full consideration to the fact that, in general, the juvenile, as prescribed in that item, is highly emotionally immature.

③When permitting observation of the trial and decision pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the family court may allow a person who can ease the anxiety or the tension of the observer appropriately and is unlikely to disrupt the trial and decision, or have undue impact on it, to accompany the observer, if it finds that the observer is likely to feel severe anxiety or tension in consideration of age, mental or physical state of the observer and other circumstances.

④When determining the seating arrangements for the person observing the trial and decision pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), and the person accompanying that person, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and the seating arrangements for court officials where the trial and decision takes place, the presiding judge must consider the impact it will have on the mental and physical state of the juvenile.

⑤The provisions of Article 5-2, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the person observing the trial and decision pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and to the person accompanying that person pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).