Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
In a case in which expedited trial proceedings have been petitioned, when the public prosecutor is to give the defendant or the defense counsel an opportunity to inspect the documentary evidence or other opportunity pursuant to the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1), the public prosecutor must give the opportunity as promptly as possible.
検察官は、即決裁判手続の申立てをした事件について、被告人又は弁護人に対し、第二百九十九条第一項の規定により証拠書類を閲覧する機会その他の同項に規定する機会を与えるべき場合には、できる限り速やかに、その機会を与えなければならない。
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.