If two or more related cases are separately pending before different courts which have the same subject-matter jurisdiction, each court may, upon the request of a public prosecutor or the defendant, make a ruling that they are jointly tried in one court.
数個の関連事件が各別に事物管轄を同じくする数個の裁判所に係属するときは、各裁判所は、検察官又は被告人の請求により、決定でこれを一の裁判所に併合することができる。
If the rulings of several courts as given in the preceding paragraph have not come to an accord, the next higher court common to all of these courts may, upon the request of a public prosecutor or the defendant, make a ruling that the cases are to be jointly tried in one court.
前項の場合において各裁判所の決定が一致しないときは、各裁判所に共通する直近上級の裁判所は、検察官又は被告人の請求により、決定で事件を一の裁判所に併合することができる。
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.