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When a court examines a witness and finds that the witness feels pressure and is unable to give sufficient testimony in the presence of the defendant (including cases when the measures provided in Article 157-5, paragraph (1) or the means provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (1) or (2) are taken), the court may have the defendant leave the courtroom during the testimony of the witness, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel, only when the defense counsel is present. In this case, after the witness has testified, the court must have the defendant enter the courtroom, notify the defendant of an outline of the testimony and give the defendant an opportunity to examine the witness.
裁判所は、証人を尋問する場合において、証人が被告人の面前(第百五十七条の五第一項に規定する措置を採る場合並びに第百五十七条の六第一項及び第二項に規定する方法による場合を含む。)においては圧迫を受け充分な供述をすることができないと認めるときは、弁護人が出頭している場合に限り、検察官及び弁護人の意見を聴き、その証人の供述中被告人を退廷させることができる。この場合には、供述終了後被告人を入廷させ、これに証言の要旨を告知し、その証人を尋問す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.