①A public prosecutor or judicial police officer may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, inform an arrested suspect that the suspect may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made.

②A suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article.

③The public prosecutor may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, inform a suspect who is detained in a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 that the suspect may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made.

④A suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions.

⑤The public prosecutor may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, notify a detained suspect (excluding the suspect prescribed in paragraph (3)) that the suspect may appoint a defense counsel, and inform the suspect that the suspect may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made.

⑥A suspect who has been notified and informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be notified and informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, or informed again pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions.

The provisions of Article 350-12 of the Code as Amended by Article 1 apply to a case in which the consent referred to in Article 350-2, paragraph (2) of the Code as Amended by Article 1 was given on or after the item (iii) Effective Date.

①A judicial police officer must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is actually arrested in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act Before Amendment by Article 2") (excluding a person for whom the procedure of referral to a public prosecutor was carried out before the day on which the provisions set forth in that item come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iv) Effective Date")) of the matters prescribed in Article 203, paragraph (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Act as Amended by Article 2"); provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.

②A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is actually arrested in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 (excluding the suspect prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the following paragraph, and a suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (3) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 205, paragraph (5) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2) of the matters prescribed in Article 204, paragraph (3) of the Act as Amended by Article 2; provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.

③A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect for whom, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, a detention warrant has been issued in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 that, if the suspect is unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect may request a judge to appoint a defense counsel; that when requesting the judge to appoint the defense counsel, the suspect must submit a report on personal financial resources; and that when the suspect's Financial Resources are equal to or more than the base amount, the suspect must have first requested a bar association (meaning the bar association to which the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as Amended by Article 2 is to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 37-3, paragraph (2) of the Act as Amended by Article 2; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) to appoint the defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.

①A public prosecutor or judicial police officer may, even before the item (iv) Effective Date, notify a suspect who is arrested, or for whom a detention warrant has been issued, in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 of the item (iv) Effective Date, and inform the suspect that, on or after the item (iv) Effective Date, if a suspect for whom a request for detention is made or a detention warrant has been issued is unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect may request a judge to appoint a defense counsel; that when requesting the judge to appoint the defense counsel, the suspect must submit a report on personal financial resources; and that when the suspect's Financial Resources are equal to or more than the base amount, the suspect must have first requested a bar association to appoint the defense counsel.

②A suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.

①Taking into account that audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations (meaning recording the statements made by a suspect in an interrogation and the circumstances on a recording medium by a method of recording sound and images, and using such recording as evidence; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) ensures accurate proof of the voluntariness of the statements made by the suspect and other matters, and contributes to the proper conduct of interrogations, the government, when three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, is to examine the way the system for audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations should be, taking into consideration the status of implementation of audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations and bearing in mind that audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations may cause obstacles to investigations and other adverse effects, and, if it finds it necessary, to take required measures based on the results.

②In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the government, when three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, is to examine the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, to take required measures based on the results.

③The government is to promptly examine, as necessary, after the promulgation of this Act, the disclosure of evidence in proceedings on a request for retrial, measures concerning the concealment of the names of victims in charging sheets, etc., measures concerning the protection of a witness or the like outside criminal procedures, and other matters.

If the item (iii) Effective Date falls on or after the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. comes into effect, the provisions of the preceding Article do not apply.