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303 provisions changed · 186 provisions added · 2 provisions removed · 10 provisions in the supplementary provisions · 14 provisions moved to another number
Each provision the amendment changes, as it will read: the words it adds are underlined, and a bar marks where it removes words. “Show removed words” strikes those through in place; “Before and after” sets the two wordings side by side. A provision that only moves to another number says the number it had. The Japanese is the law; the icon beside each English column says whose English it is.
The preceding paragraph also applies when a public prosecutor fails to follow the procedure provided in Article 461-2 or files a request for a summary order in violation of Article 462, paragraph (2).
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply where prosecution is instituted by the method under Article 54-2, paragraph (1).
前項の規定は、公訴の提起を第五十四条の二第一項の方法によりした場合には、適用しない。
ChangedArticle 463, paragraph (6)
In the cases of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the provisions of Article 271 and Article 271-2 apply; in this case, the phrase "prosecution has been instituted by the method set forth in Article 54-2, paragraph (1)" in Article 271, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the submission of a has been instituted by the method set forth in Article 54-2, paragraph (1), and the notice under the provisions of Article 463, paragraph (3) has been given", the phrase "has been instituted by the submission of a charging sheet" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "has been instituted by the submission of a charging sheet, and a transcript of the charging sheet has been submitted under the provisions of Article 463, paragraph (4) has been made", the phrase "the date of institution of prosecution" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the notice under the provisions of Article 463, paragraph (3) was given", and the phrase "to the court, upon the institution of prosecution, together with the charging sheet" in Article 271-2, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "to the court promptly after receiving the notice under the provisions of Article 463, paragraph (3)".
A request under the preceding paragraph is deemed to be a request under Article 271-2, paragraph (1), and paragraph (2) of that Article applies to it; in this case, the phrase "to the court, upon the institution of prosecution, together with the charging sheet" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "promptly to the court".
The provisions of Article 463, paragraph (6)(7) apply mutatis mutandis to the submission of the extract of the charging sheet, etc. under the provisions of Article 271-2, paragraph (2) as applied with replacement of terms in the preceding paragraph.
The execution of a decision is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the court that rendered said decision; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases set forth in the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 70, the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 108, or any other case in which the court or judge should direct the execution of its decision.
In cases where the decision made by a lower court is to be executed due to a decision on appeal or due to the withdrawal of an appeal, execution of the decision of the lower court is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the appellate court; provided, however, that, where the case records are kept in the lower court or its corresponding public prosecutor's office, the execution is to be directed by a public prosecutor of that corresponding public prosecutor's office.
The execution of decisions shall is to be directed in writing and a copy or extract of the written judgment or trial records which describe the decision shall be attached thereto; provided, however, that, excluding a direction to execute a sentence, this may be done or by electronic or magnetic record, and what is specified in the corresponding item for the category of cases set forth in each of the following items must be attached to that document or electronic or magnetic record; provided, however, that, except when directing the execution of a sentence, the direction may be given, in the case set forth in item (i), by affixing a seal of approval to the original of the written judgment, a or the copy or extract thereof, or a copy or extract of the trial records which describe the decisionspecified in that item, and in the case set forth in item (ii), by affixing a seal of approval to the document or electronic or magnetic record specified in that item or by taking the measure in lieu of a seal of approval prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order (or, in the case of the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Rules of Court).
where the written judgment is a document, or where the decision is stated in trial records that are documents: a copy or extract of that written judgment or those trial records;
where the written judgment is an electronic or magnetic record, or where the decision is recorded in trial records that are electronic or magnetic records: that written judgment, those trial records, a document printing either of them, or a document or electronic or magnetic record stating or recording a part of the matters recorded in that written judgment or those trial records, the content of which has been certified to be identical to those matters.
The public prosecutor's assistant officer who attends the execution of the death penalty shall produce an execution report (including one prepared as an electronic or magnetic record), and along with the signatures and seals of the public prosecutor and the warden of the penal institution or his/her agent, shall affix his/her signature and seal thereto, or take the measure in lieu of a signature and seal prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
If a person who has been summoned under the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article fails to appear at the designated date, time and place without justifiable grounds, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years.
A writ of commitment shall include state or record the name, residence, age and age of the person who has received a sentence, the category and term of the sentence, and any other matters necessary for confinement, and a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer shall affix his/her seal thereto, next to his/her name.
With regard to a writ of commitment, a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer must take the measure specified in the relevant item in accordance with the category of cases set forth in the following items.
Where the writ of commitment is in writing: affixing a name and seal;
収容状が書面による場合 記名押印すること。
AddedArticle 487, paragraph (2), item (ii)
Where the writ of commitment is an electronic or magnetic record: taking a measure prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order that takes the place of affixing a name and seal (limited to a measure that causes the name of the public prosecutor or the judicial police officer to be displayed together when the matters recorded in the writ of commitment are displayed on the screen of a computer, on paper or on anything else).
With regard to execution of a writ of commitment, the provisions regarding execution of subpoenas shall apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the phrase "as prescribed by the Rules of Court" in Article 73, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order".
When execution of a judicial decision of provisional payment has been carried out for an amount equivalent to a fine, a detention warrant pertaining to a ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404; the same applies in Article 494-3, Article 494-5 (excluding item (iii)), Article 494-6, paragraph (1), Article 494-8, paragraph (1), Article 494-12, paragraph (1) and Article 494-14) and a ruling under the provisions of Article 342-8, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion pertaining to item (i)) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 345-3 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404; the same applies in Article 494-2) ceases to be effective.
When, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court tells the reasons to the person prescribed in that paragraph who is in a penal institution and hears the person on the matter, and there are circumstances that make it difficult to conduct that procedure with the person present at the court, the court may conduct that procedure by having the person be present at the penal institution and by means that allows the recognition of each other's presence and communication through the transmission of images and sound. In this case, the court must tell the person in advance that the court will conduct the procedure.
A confinement warrant may be in the form of an electronic or magnetic record, as prescribed by the Rules of Court, in addition to being in writing.
拘置状は、書面によるほか、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、電磁的記録によることができる。
ChangedArticle 494-7, paragraph (3)
The provisions of Article 64, Article 70 (excluding the proviso to paragraph (1)), Article 71, Article 72, Article 73, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 74 (limited to the portions of these provisions pertaining to detention) apply mutatis mutandis to a confinement warrant. In this case, the terms listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the right-hand column of the same table, respectively.
Article 64, paragraphs (1) and (3)(4), Article 70, paragraph (2), Article 72, paragraph (1), Article 73, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 74
defendant
person who has received a ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3
Article 64, paragraph (1)
the crime, an outline of the charged facts, the place where the defendant is to be brought or the penal institution where the defendant is to be detained
the court that announced the judicial decision imposing a fine, the date on which the decision became final and binding, the amount of the fine pertaining to the decision, the period of detention in the case where the fine cannot be paid in full, the penal institution where the person is to be confined
Article 64, paragraph (1)
to be detained
to be confined
Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), and Article 73, paragraph (2), item (ii)
the presiding judge or the commissioned judge
the presiding judge
Article 64, paragraph (2)(3)
name of the defendant
name of the person who has received a ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3
defendant
person
Article 73, paragraph (3)
the items of paragraph (1) or the items of the preceding paragraph
the items of paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 494-7, paragraph (3)
the preceding two paragraphs
paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 494-7, paragraph (3)
The provisions of Article 69, Articles 82 through 87, Article 92, paragraph (2) and Article 95, and the provisions of Article 96, paragraph (1) (limited to the portions pertaining to items (ii) and (vi)), Article 98 and Article 98-2 (limited to the portions of these provisions pertaining to suspension of execution of detention) apply mutatis mutandis to confinement under the provisions of Article 494-5. In this case, the terms listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the right-hand column of the same table, respectively.
Article 69
Articles 57 to 62, Articles 65 and 66 and the preceding Article
Articles 494-5 through 494-7 and Article 494-12, paragraph (1)
(12 rows this amendment leaves as they were are not shown)
Article 96, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (vi)
defendant
person placed under suspension of execution of confinement
Article 98, paragraph (1), item (i)
Article 64, paragraph (2) (limited to the portion pertaining to item (ii))
Article 64, paragraph (2) (limited to the portion pertaining to item (ii)) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 494-7, paragraph (3)
the presiding judge or the commissioned judge
the presiding judge
Article 98, paragraphs (1) and (2)
defendant
person whose suspension of execution of confinement has been rescinded or person for whom the period of suspension of execution of confinement has expired
Article 98-2
the defendant
a person whose suspension of execution of confinement has been rescinded
A court that made a ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 or Article 494-3 may, when it finds it necessary for the procedure prescribed in Article 494-6, paragraph (1), order, by ruling, upon the request of a public prosecutor or ex officio, the person who has received that ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 or Article 494-3 to appear at the date, time and place that it designates.
The provisions of Article 59, Article 62, Article 64, Article 66, Article 67, Article 69, Article 70, paragraph (1), Article 71, Article 72, Article 73, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 74 and Article 75 (limited to the portions of these provisions pertaining to subpoena) apply mutatis mutandis to a subpoena under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrases in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the right-hand column of the same table.
Article 59, Article 62, paragraph (1), Article 64, paragraphs (1) and (3)(4), Article 67, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 72, paragraph (1), Article 73, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 74 and Article 75
defendant
person who has received a ruling under Article 345-2 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3
Article 59
the court
the place designated
Proviso to Article 59
detention warrant
confinement warrant
Article 64, paragraph (1)
the crime, an outline of the charged facts
the court that announced the judicial decision imposing a fine, the date on which that judicial decision became final and binding, the amount of the fine pertaining to that judicial decision, the period of detention in the case where the fine cannot be paid in full
Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), and Article 73, paragraph (1), item (ii)
the presiding judge or the commissioned judge
the presiding judge
Article 64, paragraph (2)(3)
of the defendant
of the person who has received a ruling under Article 345-2 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3
the defendant may be referred to by a description of said defendant's face, physique or other features which can identify said defendant
that person may be referred to by a description of that person's face, physique or other features which can identify that person
Article 66, paragraph (1)
The court
The court that made the ruling under Article 494-12, paragraph (1)
present place of the defendant
present place of the person who has received a ruling under Article 345-2 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3
to subpoena said defendant
to subpoena that person
Article 67, paragraph (2)
the identity of the defendant is confirmed, the judge must promptly and directly refer said defendant
the identity of the person who has received a ruling under Article 345-2 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) or Article 494-3 is confirmed, the judge must promptly and directly refer that person
the defendant is to arrive at the designated court
that person is to arrive at the designated court
Article 69
Articles 57 to 62, Articles 65 and 66 and the preceding Article
The warrant under paragraph (1) may be in the form of an electronic or magnetic record, as prescribed by the Rules of Court, in addition to being in writing.
第一項の令状は、書面によるほか、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、電磁的記録によることができる。
Article 509, paragraph (5)Its words stay the same; only its number changes.
Article 509, paragraph (6)Its words stay the same; only its number changes.
The warrant under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must contain or record the name of the person subject to the execution of a decision, the articles to be seized, the place, body or article to be searched, the electronic or magnetic records to be provided, the person who is to be made to provide them and the method of provision, the place or article to be inspected or the body to be inspected and the conditions concerning the inspection and examination of a person, the period of validity and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the seizure, search or inspection may not be commenced or an order to provide electronic or magnetic records may not be issued but the warrant must be returnedparticulars specified in the relevant item in accordance with the category of cases set forth in the following items, the date of issue, and other particulars prescribed in the Rules of Court; and the judge must affix their name and seal to it.
Where the warrant is in writing: the period of validity and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the seizure, search or inspection may not be commenced or an order to provide electronic or magnetic records may not be issued but the warrant must be returned;
Where the warrant is an electronic or magnetic record: the period of validity, and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the seizure, search or inspection may not be commenced or an order to provide electronic or magnetic records may not be issued, that a measure prescribed by the Rules of Court, such as deleting the warrant from the computer used by the public prosecutor (or, where a public prosecutor's assistant officer is made to carry out the disposition pursuant to Article 516, by the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor's assistant officer), must be taken, and that an electronic or magnetic record recording the fact that the measure has been taken must be submitted to the judge.
In the case of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the warrant under paragraph (1) of that Article must contain or record, in addition to the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the scope of the recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to the computer which is to be seized, the electronic or magnetic records of which are to be copied.
With regard to the warrant under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the judge must take the measure specified in the relevant item in accordance with the category of cases set forth in the following items.
Where the warrant is in writing: affixing a name and seal;
当該令状が書面による場合 記名押印すること。
AddedArticle 510, paragraph (3), item (ii)
Where the warrant is an electronic or magnetic record: taking a measure prescribed by the Rules of Court that takes the place of affixing a name and seal (limited to a measure that causes the name of the judge to be displayed together when the matters recorded in the warrant are displayed on the screen of a computer, on paper or on anything else).
The provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2)(3) apply mutatis mutandis to the warrant under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In this case, the phrase "of the defendant" in Article 64, paragraph (2)(3) is deemed to be replaced with "of the person subject to the execution of a decision", and the phrase "the defendant may be referred to by a description of said defendant's face, physique or other features which can identify said defendant" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that person may be referred to by a description of that person's face, physique or other features which can identify that person".
The warrant under paragraph (1) may be in the form of an electronic or magnetic record, as prescribed by the Rules of Court, in addition to being in writing.
第一項の令状は、書面によるほか、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、電磁的記録によることができる。
ChangedArticle 511, paragraph (4)
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the warrant under paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "the judge" in paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the presiding judge or the judge", and the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) of the following Article".
The provisions of Article 99, paragraph (1), Article 100, Article 102, Articles 103 through 105, Article 110, the first sentence of Article 110-2, the first sentence of Article 111, paragraph (1) and Article 111, paragraph (2), the first sentence of Article 111-2, Article 112, Article 114, Article 115, Article 118, Article 119, Article 120, paragraph (1)paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 121, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 123, paragraphs (1) through (3), and Article 222, paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to a seizure or search that a public prosecutor conducts pursuant to Article 509 and Article 512; the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) and Article 222, paragraphs (8) through (12) apply mutatis mutandis to an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a)) that a public prosecutor issues pursuant to Article 509; and the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1), the first sentence of Article 111-2, Article 112, Article 114, Article 118, Article 129, Article 131, Articles 137 through 140, and Article 222, paragraphs (4) through (7) apply mutatis mutandis to an inspection that a public prosecutor conducts pursuant to Article 509, respectively. In this case, the phrase "articles of evidence or articles which it is considered should be confiscated" in Article 99, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "articles which it is considered are materials concerning the whereabouts or status of the person subject to the execution of a decision or of an object of the execution of a decision, materials concerning the assets of the person subject to the execution of a decision, articles used for managing an object of the execution of a decision or the property of the person subject to the execution of a decision, or articles that are the subject of compulsory enforcement of a claim for the payment of money under the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act and other laws and regulations on compulsory enforcement procedures that are to be followed pursuant to Article 490, paragraph (2), or other articles that are to be taken away by a court enforcement officer in those compulsory enforcement procedures", and the phrase "article of evidence or article requiring confiscation" in Article 119 is deemed to be replaced with "materials concerning the whereabouts or status of the person subject to the execution of a decision or of an object of the execution of a decision, materials concerning the assets of the person subject to the execution of a decision, articles used for managing an object of the execution of a decision or the property of the person subject to the execution of a decision, or articles that are the subject of compulsory enforcement of a claim for the payment of money under the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act and other laws and regulations on compulsory enforcement procedures that are to be followed pursuant to Article 490, paragraph (2), or other articles that are to be taken away by a court enforcement officer in those compulsory enforcement procedures"; the term "defendant" in Article 100, paragraph (1), Article 102, the proviso to Article 105 and Article 137, paragraph (1), and the term "suspect" in Article 222, paragraph (6) are deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision"; the phrase "the case charged to the court" in Article 100, paragraph (2), the phrase "the case" in Article 123, paragraphs (1) and (3), and the phrase "court proceedings" in the proviso to Article 100, paragraph (3) are deemed to be replaced with "the execution of a decision"; the phrase "paragraph (1)" in Article Article 107, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii))" in Article 110, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 510, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii))", and the term "presiding judge" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "judge"; the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in Article 120, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 513, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "paragraph (1)" in Article 222, paragraph (7) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 137, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms in Article 513, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "in paragraph (1)" in paragraphs (8), (11) and (12) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "in Article 513, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "Article 218, paragraph (5)" in paragraph (9) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 509, paragraph (3)"; and the phrase "Article 218, paragraph (1)" in paragraphs (10) and (12) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 509, paragraph (1)".
The provisions of Article 105-2, Article 110, paragraph (1), Article 111, paragraph (3), Article 120, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 123-2, paragraph (1), and Article 222, paragraphs (8) through (12) apply mutatis mutandis to an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)) that a public prosecutor issues pursuant to Article 509 (including having electronic or magnetic records provided under that order to provide electronic or magnetic records). In this case, the term "defendant" in the proviso to Article 105 as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms in Article 105-2 is deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision", the phrase "the Article 107, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii))" in Article 110, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 510, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii))", the term "presiding judge" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "judge", the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in Article 120, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 513, paragraph (6)", the phrase "the case" in Article 123-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the execution of a decision", the phrase "in paragraph (1)" in paragraphs (8), (11) and (12) of Article 222 is deemed to be replaced with "in Article 513, paragraph (6)", the phrase "Article 218, paragraph (5)" in paragraph (9) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 509, paragraph (3)", and the phrase "Article 218, paragraph (1)" in paragraphs (10) and (12) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 509, paragraph (1)".
The provisions of Article 99, paragraph (1), Article 100, Article 102, Articles 103 through 105, Article 108, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 109, Article 110, Article 110-2 (first sentence), Article 111, paragraph (1) (first sentence) and paragraph (2), Article 111-2 (first sentence), Article 112, Article 113, paragraph (3), Article 114, Article 115, Article 118, Article 119, Article 120, paragraph (1)paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 121, Article 123, paragraphs (1) through (3), and Article 125 apply mutatis mutandis to a seizure (including an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a))) or search that a court or a judge conducts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three Articles; and the provisions of Article 108, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 109, Article 110, paragraph (1), Article 111-2 (first sentence), Article 112, Article 113, paragraph (3), Article 114, Article 118, Article 125, paragraphs (1) through (3) and paragraph (4) (main clause), Article 129, Article 131, Articles 137 through 140, and Article 222, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to an inspection that a court or a judge conducts pursuant to Article 511, respectively. In this case, the phrase "articles of evidence or articles which it is considered should be confiscated" in Article 99, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "articles which it is considered are materials concerning the whereabouts or status of the person subject to the execution of a decision or of an object of the execution of a decision, or articles used for managing an object of the execution of a decision", and the phrase "article of evidence or article requiring confiscation" in Article 119 is deemed to be replaced with "materials concerning the whereabouts or status of the person subject to the execution of a decision or of an object of the execution of a decision, or articles used for managing an object of the execution of a decision"; the term "defendant" in Article 100, paragraph (1), Article 102, the proviso to Article 105, the proviso to Article 108, paragraph (1), Article 113, paragraph (3) and Article 137, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision"; the phrase "the case charged to the court" in Article 100, paragraph (2), the phrase "the case" in Article 123, paragraphs (1) and (3), and the phrase "court proceedings" in the proviso to Article 100, paragraph (3) are deemed to be replaced with "the execution of a decision"; the phrase "Article 107, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii))" in Article 110, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 510, paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 511, paragraph (4)", and the term "presiding judge" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "presiding judge or judge"; the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in Article 120, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 513, paragraph (7)"; the phrase "the court" in the proviso to Article 125, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "the court or the judge who made the delegation under the provisions of paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 513, paragraph (7)"; and the phrase "a public prosecutor, a public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police official" in Article 222, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "a person executing the inspection warrant".
The provisions of Article 105-2, Article 111, paragraph (3), Article 120, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 123-2, paragraph (1), and Article 125, paragraphs (1) through (3) and paragraph (4) (main clause) apply mutatis mutandis to an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)) that a court or a judge issues pursuant to Article 511-2 (including having electronic or magnetic records provided under that order to provide electronic or magnetic records). In this case, the term "defendant" in the proviso to Article 105 as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms in Article 105-2 is deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision", the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in Article 120, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 513, paragraph (10)", and the phrase "the case" in Article 123-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the execution of a decision".
The provisions of Article 131, Article 137, Article 138, Article 140 and Article 168, paragraphs (2) through (4)(6) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission under paragraph (1) and the written permit under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "defendant" in Article 137, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision", and the phrase "the name of the defendant, the crime" in Article 168, paragraph (2)(4) is deemed to be replaced with "the name of the person subject to the execution of a decision".
In this Code, the order of the competent ministry is the Ministry of Justice Order, the National Public Safety Commission Rule, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Order, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Order, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Order, the Ministry of the Environment Order and the Ministry of Defense Order.
With regard to trial records, records of the pretrial arrangement proceeding and records of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "trial records, etc.") pertaining to a case in which prosecution was instituted before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") (hereinafter referred to as a "criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date") or a criminal case specified by the Supreme Court (hereinafter referred to as a "specified criminal case") in which prosecution was instituted before the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the Effective Date (hereinafter referred to as the "specified day") (hereinafter referred to as a "specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day"), the provisions then in force continue to govern; provided, however, that this does not apply to trial records, etc. in the case where a criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day is tried together with a criminal case other than these cases.
In the case of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, trial records, etc. compiled for a criminal case prosecuted before the effective date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure as it was before amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (referred to as the "Code of Criminal Procedure Before the Article 2 Amendment" in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions) (including cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the preceding paragraph) (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as "compiled trial records, etc.") are deemed to be trial records, etc. recorded in a file provided in a computer (including input/output devices) used by the court (hereinafter in this Article simply referred to as the "file"), and the court proceedings stated in the compiled trial records, etc. are deemed to be court proceedings recorded in the trial records, etc. recorded in the file.
With regard to what is deemed to be trial records, etc. recorded in the file pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 40-2, paragraph (1), Article 180-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 270, paragraph (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2") do not apply.
With regard to the submission of the document under Article 100, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as a "report of service") in a criminal case prosecuted before the effective date or a specified criminal case (on or after the specified day, limited to a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day; the same applies hereinafter), the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 do not apply; provided, however, that this does not apply to the submission of reports of service in the case where a criminal case prosecuted before the effective date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day is tried together with a criminal case other than these cases.
With regard to petitions, requests and other statements made to a court, a presiding judge or a judge (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "petitions, etc.") that pertain to a criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date or a specified criminal case, the provisions of Articles 54-2 through 54-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis or are followed) do not apply; provided, however, that this does not apply to petitions, etc. made on or after the Effective Date (or, where the cases come to be tried together after the Effective Date, on or after that time) in the case where a criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day is tried together with a criminal case other than these cases.
With regard to a complaint, an accusation and the withdrawal of these, a surrender, and a request under Article 262, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure made during the period from the Effective Date to the day before the specified day that pertain to a criminal case specified by an order of the competent ministry, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
The order of the competent ministry referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be a Ministry of Justice Order, a National Public Safety Commission Rule, a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Order, a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Order, a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Order, a Ministry of the Environment Order, a Ministry of Defense Order or a Ministry of Finance Order.
With regard to the examination of and statements by witnesses, expert witnesses, interpreters and translators, and the records of the circumstances thereof (limited to those made by the method of simultaneously recording audio and video; hereinafter referred to as the "record of the examination of witnesses, etc."), pertaining to a criminal case prosecuted before the effective date, a specified criminal case or a foreign criminal case (on or after the specified day, limited to those for which a request for the examination of a witness under Article 10 of the Act on International Assistance in Investigations was made before the specified day), the provisions then in force continue to govern; provided, however, that this does not apply to the record of the examination of witnesses, etc. in the case where a criminal case prosecuted before the effective date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day is heard and decided together with a criminal case other than those cases.
With regard to the copying of the recording medium pertaining to the record of the examination of witnesses, etc. under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Before the Article 2 Amendment (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis under other Acts) or the provisions of the Act on Criminal Trials with the Participation of Saiban-in as it was before amendment by the provisions of Article 28, and the examination of the written statement of which that recording medium is made a part, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7 · Transitional Measures Concerning Documentary Evidence and Material Evidence for Which the Examination of Evidence Has Been Completed附則第七条（証拠調べを終わった証拠書類及び証拠物に関する経過措置）
With regard to documentary evidence (including electronic or magnetic records (meaning records made by an electronic method, a magnetic method or any other method not recognizable by human perception, which are used for information processing by a computer; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and material evidence (including that which is an electronic or magnetic record; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) pertaining to a criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day, the provisions of Article 310-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 do not apply; provided, however, that this does not apply to documentary evidence and material evidence for which the examination of evidence has been completed on or after the Effective Date (or, where it has come to be decided to hear and decide the cases together after the Effective Date, on or after that time) in the case where a criminal case prosecuted before the Effective Date or a specified criminal case prosecuted before the specified day is heard and decided together with a criminal case other than those cases.
A change to a law's text. It is made by a separate law or order — the amending act — usually written as instructions to replace, delete or add words. An Act amending part of another Act is usually titled 〇〇法の一部を改正する法律, "act amending part of…", or 〇〇法等の一部を改正する法律 when it amends three or more.
The day a law or an amendment starts to apply. It is often months or years after promulgation, so that people have time to prepare. The Ministry of Justice's English usually says a law "comes into force" or "comes into effect", and sometimes calls the day its "enforcement date". Its "enforcement" more often means the word's other sense, carrying a law out, as in an Order for Enforcement (施行令), the Cabinet Order (政令) that sets out the details for carrying out an Act.
Rules made by the Cabinet to carry out the Constitution and Acts. A Cabinet Order cannot impose duties, restrict rights or set penalties unless an Act delegates that to it.
The official identifier a law receives when it is published: the year, the kind of law, and a serial number within that year. Titles can repeat over the decades; numbers never do.
The official publication of a law or amendment once it has been made, in the Official Gazette (官報), so that anyone can know what it says. A law cannot bind anyone before it is promulgated, and it usually comes into force on a later date.
An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.
Machine translation, corrected on review, not official
Before this amendment: paragraph (6) (第六項)
Renumbered article繰下げ・繰上げ
An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.
The Ministry of Justice's English of this passage has a slip, so the English shown is this site's correction of it. The Ministry printed:
The execution of decisions shall be directed in writing and a copy or extract of the written judgment or trial records which describe the court proceedings shall be attached thereto; provided, however, that, excluding a direction to execute a sentence, this may be done by affixing a seal of approval to the original written judgment, a copy or extract thereof, or a copy or extract of the trial records which describe the court proceedings.
Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice
Translates the law as amended by Act No. 54 of 2016 (平成二十八年法律第五十四号)
Machine translation, corrected on review, not official
Before this amendment: paragraph (2) (第二項)
Renumbered article繰下げ・繰上げ
An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.
Machine translation, corrected on review, not official
After
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Before this amendment: paragraph (4) (第四項)
Renumbered article繰下げ・繰上げ
An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.
An amending law usually leaves every article's number alone: a new article takes a branch number such as Article 32-2, and a repealed one leaves 削除 (Deleted) at its number. Sometimes it moves a run of articles to new numbers instead — 繰下げ (moving them down) to make room, or 繰上げ (moving them up) to close a gap. The words of a moved article need not change, but books, court decisions and contracts written before cite it by its old number. This site marks a moved article with the number it had before the amendment: Act No. 53 of 2023 (令和五年法律第五十三号) makes Article 55 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法) Article 58.
The part after a law's main provisions (本則) that deals with matters incidental to them: when the law takes effect, how the change from old rules to new ones is handled, and sometimes temporary exceptions to the main text. Every amending law has its own, printed after the original law's.