The court may change the trial dates, upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, or ex officio.
裁判所は、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、公判期日を変更することができる。
The court must in advance, hear the opinion of the public prosecutor, and the defendant or the defense counsel pursuant to the Rules of Court in order to change the trial dates; provided however, that this does not apply in a case requiring urgency.
公判期日を変更するには、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、あらかじめ、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴かなければならない。但し、急速を要する場合は、この限りでない。
In the case prescribed in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the court must give the public prosecutor, and the defendant or the defense counsel an opportunity to raise an objection on the changed trial date.
前項但書の場合には、変更後の公判期日において、まず、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人に対し、異議を申し立てる機会を与えなければならない。
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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.