# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第八編 (Part 8)
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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
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- Provision: 第八編 (Part 8) — address `pt-8`
- 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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## 第八編 雑則 — Part VIII Miscellaneous Provisions
heading: machine translation, not official
pt-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8
### 第五百十七条
art-517 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8#art-517
**第一項** この法律における主務省令は、法務省令、国家公安委員会規則、厚生労働省令、農林水産省令、経済産業省令、国土交通省令、環境省令及び防衛省令とする。
art-517/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-8#art-517/par-1
In this Code, the order of the competent ministry is the Ministry of Justice Order, the National Public Safety Commission Rule, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Order, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Order, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Order, the Ministry of the Environment Order and the Ministry of Defense Order.
machine translation, not official
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## Sources
- 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 — 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-20261106T054114-019, 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