The court must, upon the public prosecutor's request, allow the addition, withdrawal or alteration of the counts or applicable penal statutes in the charging sheet so far as this does not modify the identity of the charged facts.
裁判所は、検察官の請求があるときは、公訴事実の同一性を害しない限度において、起訴状に記載された訴因又は罰条の追加、撤回又は変更を許さなければならない。
The court may order the public prosecutor to add or alter a count or applicable penal statute when the court deems it appropriate during the course of the proceedings.
裁判所は、審理の経過に鑑み適当と認めるときは、訴因又は罰条を追加又は変更すべきことを命ずることができる。
The request under paragraph (1) must be made by submitting a document.
第一項の請求は、書面を提出してしなければならない。
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
At the same time as the request under paragraph (1), the public prosecutor must submit to the court a transcript of the document referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "written request for alteration of counts, etc.") to be served on the defendant.
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
When the transcript of the written request for alteration of counts, etc. has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court must serve it on the defendant without delay.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), in open court where the defendant is present, the request under paragraph (1) may be made orally. In this case, the provisions of paragraph (4) do not apply.
The court must, when it deems the addition or alteration in the count or the applicable penal statute may cause substantial disadvantage to the defense of the defendant, rule to suspend the trial for a period necessary for the defendant to prepare for a sufficient defense, upon the request of the defendant or the defense counsel.
裁判所は、訴因又は罰条の追加又は変更により被告人の防御に実質的な不利益を生ずるおそれがあると認めるときは、被告人又は弁護人の請求により、決定で、被告人に十分な防御の準備をさせるため必要な期間公判手続を停止しなければならない。
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written request for alteration of counts, etc.machine translation
「訴因変更等請求書面」
The document in which a public prosecutor asks the court, under Article 312, paragraph (1), to add, withdraw or change a count (訴因) or applicable penal statute (罰条) set out in the charging sheet (起訴状).
Short name set inArticle 312, paragraph (4)
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.
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.