The defendant, suspect, or the defense counsel may request of a judge a disposition on a seizure (including the provision under an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a))), search, an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in (b) of that item), inspection, witness examination or expert examination, only before the first trial date, and when there are circumstances which suggest that it will be difficult to use the evidence unless it is preserved in advance.
被告人、被疑者又は弁護人は、あらかじめ証拠を保全しておかなければその証拠を使用することが困難な事情があるときは、第一回の公判期日前に限り、裁判官に押収（電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号イに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）を含む。）、捜索、電磁的記録提供命令（同号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）、検証、証人の尋問又は鑑定の処分を請求することができる。
The judge who has been so requested as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has the same authority as that of a court or a presiding judge with regard to a disposition.
前項の請求を受けた裁判官は、その処分に関し、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。
order to provide electronic or magnetic recordsmachine translation
「電磁的記録提供命令」
An order by which a court requires a person who keeps electronic or magnetic records (電磁的記録), or another person with authority to use them, to provide the records it needs, by copying or moving them onto a recording medium that is handed over or, over a telecommunications line, onto one the court manages.
Defined inArticle 102-2, paragraph (1)