Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Statute of Limitations for Prosecution
第五条（公訴時効に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 do not apply to a crime for which the statute of limitations for prosecution has already been completed at the time the provisions of Article 2 come into effect.
第二条改正後刑事訴訟法第二百五十条第三項及び第四項の規定は、第二条の規定の施行の際既にその公訴の時効が完成している罪については、適用しない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 156 of 2004), the provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 (or, on or after the Effective Date, the New Code of Criminal Procedure) also apply to a crime for which the statute of limitations for prosecution has not been completed at the time the provisions of Article 2 come into effect.
第二条改正後刑事訴訟法（施行日以後においては新刑事訴訟法）第二百五十条第三項及び第四項の規定は、刑法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十六号）附則第三条第二項の規定にかかわらず、第二条の規定の施行の際その公訴の時効が完成していない罪についても、適用する。
New Code of Criminal Proceduremachine translation
「新刑事訴訟法」
This Act as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 66 of 2023.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2machine translation
「第二条改正後刑事訴訟法」
This Act as amended by Article 2 of Act No. 66 of 2023.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 5