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Article 199Judicial Decision on Refusal to Testify

第百九十九条(証言拒絶についての裁判)

Except in a case as referred to in Article 197, paragraph (1), item (i), the court in charge of the case hears the parties and reaches a judicial decision, in the form of a ruling, on the propriety of the refusal to testify.

第百九十七条第一項第一号の場合を除き、証言拒絶の当否については、受訴裁判所が、当事者を審尋して、決定で、裁判をする。

The party and the witness may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph.

前項の裁判に対しては、当事者及び証人は、即時抗告をすることができる。

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