A statutory representative of a victim may file a criminal complaint independently.
被害者の法定代理人は、独立して告訴をすることができる。
When a victim has died, said victim's spouse, a lineal relative or sibling may file a criminal complaint, but not when this is against the express wishes of the victim.
被害者が死亡したときは、その配偶者、直系の親族又は兄弟姉妹は、告訴をすることができる。但し、被害者の明示した意思に反することはできない。
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告訴
A crime's victim telling a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer (司法警察員) of the crime and asking that the offender be punished; the victim may file one (Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 230 and 241, paragraph (1)). The victim's legal representative may also file one, and if the victim has died, their spouse, lineal relatives or siblings, though not against the victim's clearly stated wishes (Article 231). For some crimes — among them defamation and insult, and negligent injury — a prosecution cannot be brought without a complaint (Penal Code, Articles 209, paragraph (2), and 232, paragraph (1)); for those, a complaint must as a rule be filed within six months of learning who the offender is, though not one a foreign state's representative or a foreign envoy files over defamation or insult (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 235), and it may be withdrawn until a prosecution is brought, but not filed again (Article 237).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 230, 231, 235, 237, 241 and Penal Code, Arts. 209, 232 as a reference.