When the same case is pending before several courts differing in subject-matter jurisdiction, said case will be tried by a higher court.
同一事件が事物管轄を異にする数個の裁判所に係属するときは、上級の裁判所が、これを審判する。
The higher court may, upon the request of a public prosecutor or the defendant, make a ruling that a lower court which has jurisdiction over the case tries said case.
上級の裁判所は、検察官又は被告人の請求により、決定で管轄権を有する下級の裁判所にその事件を審判させることができる。
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.