# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六章 (Part 1, Chapter 6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第六章 (Part 1, Chapter 6) — address `pt-1/ch-6` - 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. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第六章　書類及び送達 — Chapter VI Documents and Service heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-1/ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6 ### 第四十七条 art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-47 **第一項** 訴訟に関する書類は、公判の開廷前には、これを公にしてはならない。但し、公益上の必要その他の事由があつて、相当と認められる場合は、この限りでない。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-47/par-1 No document relating to a trial may be made public prior to the commencement of the trial; provided however, that this does not apply when it is necessary for the public interest or other reasons, and when it is deemed to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十八条 art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48 **第一項** 公判期日における訴訟手続については、公判調書を作成しなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48/par-1 Court proceedings on trial dates must be recorded in the trial records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公判調書は、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、電磁的記録をもつて作成し、ファイルに記録しなければならない。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48/par-2 Trial records must be prepared as electronic or magnetic records pursuant to the Rules of Court, and recorded in the file. machine translation, not official **第三項** 公判調書には、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、公判期日における審判に関する重要な事項を記録しなければならない。 art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48/par-3 Important particulars relating to the trial on trial dates must be recorded in the trial records pursuant to the Rules of Court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 公判調書は、各公判期日後速やかに、遅くとも判決を宣告するまでにファイルに記録しなければならない。ただし、判決を宣告する公判期日の公判調書は当該公判期日後七日以内に、公判期日から判決を宣告する日までの期間が十日に満たない場合における当該公判期日の公判調書は当該公判期日後十日以内（判決を宣告する日までの期間が三日に満たないときは、当該判決を宣告する公判期日後七日以内）に、ファイルに記録すれば足りる。 art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48/par-4 Trial records must be recorded in the file promptly after each trial date, and at the latest, by the time of pronouncement of the judgment; provided however, that the trial record of the trial date on which the judgment is pronounced need only be recorded in the file within 7 days after said trial date, and the trial record of the trial date need only be recorded in the file within 10 days after the trial date if the time period from the trial date to the date of pronouncement of the judgment is less than 10 days (within 7 days after the trial date pronouncing the judgment if the time period up to the date of pronouncement of the judgment is less than three days). machine translation, not official ### 第四十九条 art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-49 **第一項** 被告人に弁護人がないときは、公判調書は、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、被告人も、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴することができる。被告人は、読むことができないとき、又は目の見えないときは、公判調書の内容の朗読を求めることができる。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-49/par-1 If the defendant has no defense counsel, said defendant may also, pursuant to the Rules of Court, inspect what displays the contents of the trial records or view and listen to what reproduces their contents. When the defendant is unable to read or see, said defendant may request the contents of the trial records to be read aloud. machine translation, not official ### 第五十条 art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-50 **第一項** 公判調書が次回の公判期日までにファイルに記録されなかつたときは、裁判所書記官は、検察官、被告人又は弁護人の請求により、次回の公判期日において又はその期日までに、前回の公判期日における証人の供述の要旨を告げなければならない。この場合において、請求をした検察官、被告人又は弁護人が証人の供述の要旨の正確性につき異議を申し立てたときは、その旨を調書（電磁的記録をもつて作成するものを含む。次条第一項、第六十五条第二項、第百五十七条の六第五項、第百九十八条及び第二百四十一条第三項において同じ。）に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-50/par-1 If the trial records have not been recorded in the file by the time of the next trial date, the court clerk must, upon the request of a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, give an outline of the statements given by the witnesses on the previous trial date either on or before the next trial date. In this case, when the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel who has made the request raises an objection to the accuracy of the outline of the statements, such objection must be written or recorded in the record (including those prepared as electronic or magnetic records; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 65, paragraph (2), Article 157-6, paragraph (5), Article 198 and Article 241, paragraph (3)). machine translation, not official **第二項** 被告人及び弁護人の出頭なくして開廷した公判期日の公判調書が、次回の公判期日までにファイルに記録されなかつたときは、裁判所書記官は、次回の公判期日において又はその期日までに、出頭した被告人又は弁護人に前回の公判期日における審理に関する重要な事項を告げなければならない。 art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-50/par-2 If the trial records of a trial date without the appearance of the defendant and defense counsel have not been recorded in the file before the next trial date, the court clerk must inform, either on or before the next trial date, the defendant or the defense counsel who has appeared of important particulars relating to the trial held on the previous trial date. machine translation, not official ### 第五十一条 art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-51 **第一項** 検察官、被告人又は弁護人は、公判調書の記録の正確性につき異議を申し立てることができる。異議の申立てがあつたときは、その旨を調書に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-51/par-1 A public prosecutor, the defendant or defense counsel may raise an objection to the accuracy of trial records. If such an objection is raised, said objection must be written or recorded in the record. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の異議の申立ては、遅くとも当該審級における最終の公判期日後十四日以内にこれをしなければならない。ただし、第四十八条第四項ただし書の規定により判決を宣告する公判期日後にファイルに記録された公判調書については、ファイルに記録された日から十四日以内にこれをすることができる。 art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-51/par-2 The objection prescribed in the preceding paragraph must be raised within 14 days after the last trial date of that instance at the latest; provided however, that with regard to trial records recorded in the file after the trial date pronouncing the judgment set forth in the provisions of the proviso to Article 48, paragraph (4), objection may be raised within 14 days after the date on which they were recorded in the file. machine translation, not official ### 第五十二条 art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-52 **第一項** 公判期日における訴訟手続で公判調書に記録されたものは、当該公判調書のみによつてこれを証明することができる。 art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-52/par-1 Court proceedings on the trial dates recorded in trial records can only be certified by said trial records. machine translation, not official ### 第五十三条 art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53 **第一項** 何人も、被告事件の終結後、訴訟記録を閲覧することができる。ただし、訴訟記録の保存又は裁判所若しくは検察庁の事務に支障のあるときは、この限りでない。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-1 Any person may inspect case records after conclusion of a case; provided however, that this does not apply when such inspection interferes with the preservation of the case records or the business of the court or the public prosecutor's office. machine translation, not official **第二項** 弁論の公開を禁止した事件の訴訟記録又は一般の閲覧に適しないものとしてその閲覧が禁止された訴訟記録は、前項の規定にかかわらず、訴訟関係人又は閲覧につき正当な理由があつて特に訴訟記録の保管者の許可を受けた者でなければ、これを閲覧することができない。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-2 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, only persons concerned in a case or persons who have justifiable reason and have been specially granted permission by the custodian may inspect the case records in which a prohibition has been imposed on the oral arguments being made open to the public or on case records being inspected owing to the inappropriateness of inspection by the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 日本国憲法第八十二条第二項ただし書に掲げる事件については、閲覧を禁止することはできない。 art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-3 With regard to the cases prescribed in the proviso to Article 82, paragraph (2) of the Constitution of Japan, case records may not be prohibited for inspection. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の訴訟記録の全部又は一部が電磁的記録であるときは、同項の規定による当該電磁的記録の閲覧は、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴する方法によるものとする。 art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-4 When all or part of the case records under paragraph (1) are electronic or magnetic records, the inspection of such electronic or magnetic records under the provisions of that paragraph is to be by means of inspecting what displays their contents or viewing and listening to what reproduces their contents. machine translation, not official **第五項** 訴訟記録の保管及びその閲覧の手数料については、別に法律でこれを定める。 art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-5 Particulars concerning the keeping of case records and fees for inspection of case records are provided by other acts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十三条の二 art-53-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53-2 **第一項** 訴訟に関する書類及び押収物については、行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号）及び独立行政法人等の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百四十号）の規定は、適用しない。 art-53-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53-2/par-1 The provisions of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999) and the Act on Access to Information Held by Independent Administrative Agencies (Act No. 140 of 2001) do not apply to documents relating to trials and seized articles. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999) and the Act on Access to Information Held by Independent Administrative Agencies (Act No. 40 of 2001) do not apply to documents relating to trials and seized articles." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 訴訟に関する書類及び押収物に記録されている個人情報については、個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第五章第四節の規定は、適用しない。 art-53-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53-2/par-2 The provisions of Chapter V, Section 4 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) do not apply to personal information recorded in documents relating to trials and seized articles. machine translation, not official **第三項** 訴訟に関する書類については、公文書等の管理に関する法律（平成二十一年法律第六十六号）第二章の規定は、適用しない。この場合において、訴訟に関する書類についての同法第四章の規定の適用については、同法第十四条第一項中「国の機関（行政機関を除く。以下この条において同じ。）」とあり、及び同法第十六条第一項第三号中「国の機関（行政機関を除く。）」とあるのは、「国の機関」とする。 art-53-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53-2/par-3 The provisions of Chapter II of the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Act No. 66 of 2009) do not apply to documents relating to trials. In this case, with regard to application of the provisions of Chapter IV of the same Act to documents relating to trials, "state organ (except for administrative organs; the same applies hereinafter in this Article)" in the text of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the same Act and the "state organ (except for administrative organs)" in the text of Article 16, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the same Act are "state organ". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 押収物については、公文書等の管理に関する法律の規定は、適用しない。 art-53-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53-2/par-4 The Public Records and Archives Management Act does not apply to seized articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十四条 art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-54 **第一項** 送達については、裁判所の規則に特別の定めのある場合を除いては、民事訴訟に関する法令の規定（民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第百九条の四及び第一編第五章第四節第四款の規定を除く。）を準用する。この場合において、同法第百九条の二第二項中「受訴裁判所」とあるのは、「裁判所」と読み替えるものとする。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-54/par-1 Except as otherwise provided for by the Rules of Court, the provisions of laws and regulations concerning civil procedure (excluding Article 109-4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) and the provisions of Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 4 of that Act) apply mutatis mutandis to service. In this case, the phrase "court in charge of the case" in Article 109-2, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "court". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-50/par-1: 次条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-51/par-1 - art-50/par-1: 第六十五条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十五条第二項 (Article 65, paragraph (2)), art-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-8/from-art-57#art-65/par-2 - art-50/par-1: 第百五十七条の六第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の六第五項 (Article 157-6, paragraph (5)), art-157-6/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-11/from-art-157-5#art-157-6/par-5 - art-50/par-1: 第百九十八条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条 (Article 198), art-198 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-189#art-198 - art-50/par-1: 第二百四十一条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百四十一条第三項 (Article 241, paragraph (3)), art-241/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-222-2#art-241/par-3 - art-51/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-51/par-1 - art-51/par-2: 第四十八条第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四十八条第四項 (Article 48, paragraph (4)), art-48/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-48/par-4 - art-53/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-3: 日本国憲法第八十二条第二項 → 日本国憲法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-82/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 321CONSTITUTION) - art-53/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-53/par-1 - art-53-2/par-3: 同法第十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-53-2/par-3: 同法第十六条第一項第三号 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十六条第一項第三号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-16/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-54/par-1: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第百九条の四 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の四 (Article 109-4), art-109-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-4 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109) - art-54/par-1: 同法第百九条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第二項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (2)), art-109-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109) --- ## 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 53-2, 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, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-001, translated 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