When a court deems it appropriate, the court may rule to, either upon the request of a public prosecutor or the defendant, or ex officio, transfer a case under its jurisdiction to another competent court which has the same subject-matter jurisdiction.
裁判所は、適当と認めるときは、検察官若しくは被告人の請求により又は職権で、決定を以て、その管轄に属する事件を事物管轄を同じくする他の管轄裁判所に移送することができる。
The ruling of a transfer may not be made once examination of the evidence for the case has commenced.
移送の決定は、被告事件につき証拠調を開始した後は、これをすることができない。
Only when a ruling in favor of a transfer or a ruling dismissing a request for a transfer seriously impairs the interests of a party may an immediate appeal against such ruling be filed by a prima facie showing of such grounds.
移送の決定又は移送の請求を却下する決定に対しては、その決定により著しく利益を害される場合に限り、その事由を疎明して、即時抗告をすることができる。
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.