''Chapter II Cooperation with the ICC, Section 2 Provision of Evidence, etc., Subsection 2 Judicial Examination of Evidence and Service of Documents, (Measures by the Minister of Justice)Article 14''
Where the Minister of Justice has received documents sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 concerning a request for cooperation through a judicial examination of evidence or the service of documents, when the case does not fall under any of the items of Article 6, paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice shall sent the documents concerning said request for cooperation to the appropriate district court.
''Chapter II Cooperation with the ICC, Section 2 Provision of Evidence, etc., Subsection 2 Judicial Examination of Evidence and Service of Documents, (Measures by the Court, etc.)
(1) The provisions of Article 1, paragraph (2), Article 1-2, paragraph (1) (excluding items (i), (v), and (vi)), and Articles 2 and 3 of the Act on
Assistance Based on Commission by Foreign Courts (Act No. 63 of 1905) shall apply mutatis mutandis to cooperation through a judicial examination of evidence or the service of documents.
(2) When the district court provided for in the preceding Article has completed the judicial examination of evidence or the service of documents, it shall promptly send the evidence obtained through the judicial examination of evidence to the Minister of Justice or notify him/her of the results of the service of documents.
1. Los Estados Partes, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la presente Parte y con los procedimientos de su derecho interno, deberán cumplir las solicitudes de asistencia formuladas por la Corte en relación con investigaciones o enjuiciamientos penales a fin de:
(d) Notificar documentos, inclusive los documentos judiciales;
(i) Transmitir registros y documentos, inclusive registros y documentos oficiales;