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Article 40

第四十条

Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)

A defense counsel may, after the institution of prosecution, inspect and copy documents relating to the trial (including the records of litigation prescribed in (limited to those after the conclusion of the trial); the same applies hereinafter except in Article 47) and articles of evidence in a court; provided, however, that the defense counsel must obtain permission from the presiding judge when copying the articles of evidence.

弁護人は、公訴の提起後は、裁判所において、訴訟に関する書類(に規定する訴訟の記録(訴訟終結後のものに限る。)を含む。第四十七条を除き、以下同じ。)及び証拠物を閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。ただし、証拠物を謄写するについては、裁判長の許可を受けなければならない。

Changes and moves to paragraph (3) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the recording medium provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (5) may not be copied.

前項の規定にかかわらず、第百五十七条の六第五項に規定する記録媒体は、謄写することができない。

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