A physician, dentist, midwife, nurse, attorney (including a foreign lawyer registered in Japan), patent attorney, notary public or a person engaged in a religious occupation, or any other person who was formerly engaged in any of these professions may refuse to give testimony on particulars pertaining to the confidential information that said person came to know through entrusted professional conduct; provided however, that this does not apply when the person in question has given consent, when the refusal is deemed to be an abuse of rights exclusively for the interests of the defendant (unless said person is the defendant), or where there exist other circumstances provided for by the Rules of Court.
医師、歯科医師、助産師、看護師、弁護士（外国法事務弁護士を含む。）、弁理士、公証人、宗教の職に在る者又はこれらの職に在つた者は、業務上委託を受けたため知り得た事実で他人の秘密に関するものについては、証言を拒むことができる。但し、本人が承諾した場合、証言の拒絶が被告人のためのみにする権利の濫用と認められる場合（被告人が本人である場合を除く。）その他裁判所の規則で定める事由がある場合は、この限りでない。
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