The defense counsel must appropriately keep safe custody of the copies of evidence (copies and materials which accurately record all or part of the evidence), which the public prosecutor has given the opportunity to inspect or copy for the preparation of the trial, and may not entrust custody to others without reason.
弁護人は、検察官において被告事件の審理の準備のために閲覧又は謄写の機会を与えた証拠に係る複製等（複製その他証拠の全部又は一部をそのまま記録した物及び書面をいう。以下同じ。）を適正に管理し、その保管をみだりに他人にゆだねてはならない。
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copies of evidencemachine translation
「複製等」
Copies, and any other items or documents, that record all or part of a piece of evidence exactly as it is.
Defined inArticle 281-3, paragraph (1)
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.