TOKYO, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Japan plans to introduce digital arrest warrants and interrogation data amid the nation’s digitization steps for quicker authorized procedures, based on the Justice Ministry on Monday.
Currently, arrest and search warrants in Japan are issued in a conventional paper format by judges, requiring cops to bodily choose them up at courts.
The proposed change goals to digitize these procedures and is a part of a broader initiative put ahead by a subcommittee of the Legislative Council to modernize legal case proceedings, together with investigations and trials, based on an advisory panel.
The authorities plans to submit a invoice to the parliament early subsequent 12 months to enact these measures and convey the authorized system into the digital age.
According to the proposals, investigators will be capable of submit data similar to stories and statements by suspects to courts by means of on-line channels.
Additionally, attorneys might be granted entry to documentary proof on the web and print it out, permitting for a extra environment friendly and accessible authorized course of.