When a court finds it necessary during the course of the proceedings, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to an inter-trial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case after the first trial date.
裁判所は、審理の経過に鑑み必要と認めるときは、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、第一回公判期日後に、決定で、事件の争点及び証拠を整理するための公判準備として、事件を期日間整理手続に付することができる。
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The provisions of the preceding Subsection (excluding the provisions of Article 316-2, paragraph (1) and Article 316-9, paragraph (3)) apply mutatis mutandis to the inter-trial arrangement proceeding. In this case, the evidence that the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel requested to be examined before the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be the evidence that was requested to be examined in the inter-trial arrangement proceeding and the words "the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in Articles 316-6 to 316-10 and 316-12 are deemed to be "the date of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding" and the word "the records of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be "the records of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding."
期日間整理手続については、前款（第三百十六条の二第一項及び第三百十六条の九第三項を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、検察官、被告人又は弁護人が前項の決定前に取調べを請求している証拠については、期日間整理手続において取調べを請求した証拠とみなし、第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで及び第三百十六条の十二中「公判前整理手続期日」とあるのは「期日間整理手続期日」と、同条第二項中「公判前整理手続調書」とあるのは「期日間整理手続調書」と読み替えるものとする。
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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.