Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
A document or statement that the public prosecutor and the defendant have consented for use as evidence may be used as evidence notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 321 to 325 only when the court deems it appropriate considering the circumstances in which the document or statement was made.
検察官及び被告人が証拠とすることに同意した書面又は供述は、その書面が作成され又は供述のされたときの情況を考慮し相当と認めるときに限り、第三百二十一条乃至前条の規定にかかわらず、これを証拠とすることができる。
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
In cases when evidence may be examined without the appearance of the defendant, it is deemed that the defendant has given the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph when said defendant does not appear at the trial; provided however, that this does not apply when the representative or the defense counsel appears at the trial.
被告人が出頭しないでも証拠調を行うことができる場合において、被告人が出頭しないときは、前項の同意があつたものとみなす。但し、代理人又は弁護人が出頭したときは、この限りでない。
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.