Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
When a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel requests the examination of the recorded statement documents of a person other than that defendant, which have been prepared by the person based on an agreement under Article 350-2, paragraph (1), or in or on which statements made by the person based on an agreement under the same paragraph have been recorded and taken down in writing or recorded, or a court decides to examine those documents ex officio, the public prosecutor must request the examination of the statement of agreement without delay. In this case, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.
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recorded statement documentmachine translation
「供述録取書等」
A written statement by the person who makes it, a written record of a statement bearing the signature or seal of the person who made it, or a recording medium able to record images or sound on which a statement has been recorded.
Defined inArticle 290-3, paragraph (1)
statement of agreement
「合意内容書面」
The document, signed jointly by the public prosecutor, the suspect or defendant and defense counsel, that sets out an agreement under Article 350-2 (Article 350-3, paragraph (2)); once prosecution is instituted in the case, the prosecutor must ask the court without delay to examine it as evidence.
Short name set inArticle 350-7, paragraph (1)
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.