Article 180-2Trial Procedures Conducted by Means of Calls Using Transmission and Reception of Video and Audio
第百八十条の二（映像と音声の送受信による通話の方法による審判手続）
If the trial examiners find it appropriate, they may, after hearing the opinion of the respondent, conduct trial procedures, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, by a method that enables the trial examiners and the respondent to converse while mutually recognizing each other's condition through the transmission and reception of video and audio.
審判官は、相当と認めるときは、被審人の意見を聴いて、内閣府令で定めるところにより、審判官及び被審人が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によつて、審判手続を行うことができる。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the respondent is deemed to have appeared on the date for trial procedures.
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Trial Procedures Conducted by Means of Calls Using Transmission and Reception of Video and Audio
If the trial examiners find it appropriate, they may, after hearing the opinion of the respondent, conduct trial procedures, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order…
審判官は、相当と認めるときは、被審人の意見を聴いて、内閣府令で定めるところにより、審判官及び被審人が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によつて、審判手続を行うことができる。
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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.
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