Supplementary Provisions
附 則
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the respective dates specified in those items.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions amending Article 235 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Article 1, and the provisions of Article 2: the date on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation;
第一条中刑事訴訟法第二百三十五条の改正規定及び第二条の規定 公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日
the provisions in Article 1 that add three Articles after Article 157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (limited to the part pertaining to Article 157-4): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.
第一条中刑事訴訟法第百五十七条の次に三条を加える改正規定（第百五十七条の四に係る部分に限る。） 公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
With regard to the period during which a complaint may be filed for a crime listed in Article 235, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1, committed before the date specified in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
前項第一号に定める日前に犯した第一条の規定による改正後の刑事訴訟法第二百三十五条第一項第一号に掲げる罪について告訴をすることができる期間については、なお従前の例による。
complaint
告訴
A crime's victim telling a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer (司法警察員) of the crime and asking that the offender be punished; the victim may file one (Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 230 and 241, paragraph (1)). The victim's legal representative may also file one, and if the victim has died, their spouse, lineal relatives or siblings, though not against the victim's clearly stated wishes (Article 231). For some crimes — among them defamation and insult, and negligent injury — a prosecution cannot be brought without a complaint (Penal Code, Articles 209, paragraph (2), and 232, paragraph (1)); for those, a complaint must as a rule be filed within six months of learning who the offender is, though not one a foreign state's representative or a foreign envoy files over defamation or insult (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 235), and it may be withdrawn until a prosecution is brought, but not filed again (Article 237).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 230, 231, 235, 237, 241 and Penal Code, Arts. 209, 232 as a reference.