Consultation on law revision to prevent escape of defendants on bail Law Minister Mori February 21 16:50
Following the fleeing incident of Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor, Minister of Justice Mori has deliberated on legislative changes necessary to prevent defendants on bail from fleeing and to ensure the execution of sentences. I consulted the meeting.
The Legislative Council, an advisory body to the Minister of Justice, convened a general meeting at the Ministry of Justice on the afternoon of March 21.
In response, former Minister of Justice Mori, Nissan Motor's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, fled to Lebanon in the Middle East, and said, `` Preventing defendants on bail and those sentenced to prison, We need to urgently develop a criminal law to ensure appearance on the trial date and execution of the sentence. "
In the future, the Legislative Council is expected to discuss expanding the use of flight crimes only for those who fled from prisons, etc., as well as monitoring defendants on bail with GPS.
In addition, at the general meeting on the 21st, Minister Mori consulted on the revision of the law necessary for the use of IT in civil court procedures, and given the continued danger of dangerous driving, the “Dangerous Driving Act of the Car Driving Law” The outline of the review of the rules for "driving" was determined and the report was sent to the Minister of Mori.
In response to this, the Ministry of Justice has submitted a proposal to the Diet to amend the Car Driving Penalty Law and aims to pass it.