# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五章 (Part 1, Chapter 5)

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- Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号
- English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第五章 (Part 1, Chapter 5) — address `pt-1/ch-5`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046)
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## 第五章　裁判 — Chapter V Judicial Decisions
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5</sup>

### 第四十三条
<sup>art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43</sup>

  **第一項**  判決は、この法律に特別の定のある場合を除いては、口頭弁論に基いてこれをしなければならない。
  <sup>art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-1</sup>
  Except as otherwise provided for in this Code, judgments must be rendered on the basis of oral arguments.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  決定又は命令は、口頭弁論に基いてこれをすることを要しない。
  <sup>art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-2</sup>
  Rulings or orders are not necessarily rendered on the basis of the oral arguments.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  決定又は命令をするについて必要がある場合には、事実の取調をすることができる。
  <sup>art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-3</sup>
  A court or a judge may, when it is necessary to make a ruling or an order, conduct an examination of the facts.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  前項の取調は、合議体の構成員にこれをさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。
  <sup>art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-4</sup>
  The examination prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be made by a judge who is a member of a panel, or may be delegated to a judge of a district court, family court or summary court.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四十四条
<sup>art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-44</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判には、理由を附しなければならない。
  <sup>art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-44/par-1</sup>
  Judicial decisions must be accompanied by the reason thereof.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  上訴を許さない決定又は命令には、理由を附することを要しない。但し、第四百二十八条第二項の規定により異議の申立をすることができる決定については、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-44/par-2</sup>
  A ruling or an order against which no appeal can be filed need not be accompanied by the reason; provided however, that this does not apply to a ruling against which an objection may be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 428, paragraph (2).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四十五条
<sup>art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-45</sup>

  **第一項**  判決以外の裁判は、判事補が一人でこれをすることができる。
  <sup>art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-45/par-1</sup>
  A decision other than a judgment may be made by an assistant judge alone.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A decision other than a judgment may be made by an assistant judge." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

### 第四十六条
<sup>art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-46</sup>

  **第一項**  被告人その他訴訟関係人は、自己の費用で、裁判書又は裁判を記載した調書の謄本又は抄本の交付を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-46/par-1</sup>
  The defendant or any other person concerned in a case may request, at said person's own cost, a transcript or an extract of the written decision or the trial record in which the judicial decision is recorded.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused or any other person concerned in a case may request, at said person's own cost, a transcript or an extract of the written decision or the trial record in which the judicial decision is recorded." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  裁判書が電磁的記録であるとき、又は裁判が電磁的記録である調書に記録されているときは、被告人その他訴訟関係人は、自己の費用で、当該裁判書又は当該調書に記録されている事項の全部又は一部を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録であつてその内容が当該裁判書又は当該調書に記録されている事項と同一であることの証明がされたものの提供を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-46/par-2</sup>
  When a written decision is an electronic or magnetic record, or when a judicial decision is recorded in a record that is an electronic or magnetic record, the defendant or any other person concerned in a case may request, at said person's own cost, the provision of a document or electronic or magnetic record in which all or part of the particulars recorded in the written decision or the record are written or recorded, and for which it has been certified that its contents are identical to the particulars recorded in the written decision or the record.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-43/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-3
- art-44/par-2: 第四百二十八条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二十八条第二項 (Article 428, paragraph (2)), art-428/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-428/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20281223_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 45, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 46, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-amendments-20261106T054114-001, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06