When the court renders a sentence, it must have the defendant bear all or part of court costs; provided however, that this does not apply when it is clear that the defendant cannot afford court costs because of indigence.
刑の言渡をしたときは、被告人に訴訟費用の全部又は一部を負担させなければならない。但し、被告人が貧困のため訴訟費用を納付することのできないことが明らかであるときは、この限りでない。
The court may, even if it does not render a sentence, have the defendant bear costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the defendant.
被告人の責に帰すべき事由によつて生じた費用は、刑の言渡をしない場合にも、被告人にこれを負担させることができる。
When only a public prosecutor has filed an appeal and the appeal has been dismissed or withdrawn, the court may not have the defendant bear court costs in the appellate procedure; provided however, that this does not apply to costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the defendant.
検察官のみが上訴を申し立てた場合において、上訴が棄却されたとき、又は上訴の取下げがあつたときは、上訴に関する訴訟費用は、これを被告人に負担させることができない。ただし、被告人の責めに帰すべき事由によつて生じた費用については、この限りでない。
If prosecution has not been instituted, the court may have the suspect bear costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the suspect.
公訴が提起されなかつた場合において、被疑者の責めに帰すべき事由により生じた費用があるときは、被疑者にこれを負担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.