# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百八十八条の六 (Article 188-6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6. 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: 第百八十八条の六 (Article 188-6) — address `art-188-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十八条の六 art-188-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる費用の範囲は、当該各号に定めるものに限るものとし、その額に関しては、刑事訴訟費用等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第四十一号）の規定中、被告人若しくは被告人であつた者又は開始決定再審請求者については証人、弁護人であつた者については弁護人に関する規定を準用する。 art-188-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-1 The scope of the expenses set forth in each of the following items is limited to what is prescribed in that item, and with regard to the amounts thereof, the provisions of the Act on the Costs Involved in Criminal Proceedings (Act No. 41 of 1971) which pertain to a witness apply mutatis mutandis to a defendant, a person who was the defendant, or a requester of a commenced retrial, and the provisions which pertain to defense counsel apply mutatis mutandis to a person who was defense counsel. machine translation, not official **一** 第百八十八条の二第一項又は第百八十八条の四の規定により補償される費用　被告人若しくは被告人であつた者又はそれらの者の弁護人であつた者が公判準備及び公判期日に出頭するに要した旅費、日当及び宿泊料並びに弁護人であつた者に対する報酬 art-188-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-1/item-1 the expenses to be compensated as prescribed in Article 188-2, paragraph (1) or Article 188-4: the travel expenses, daily allowances and accommodation fees which were necessary for the defendant, the person who was the defendant, or the person who was their defense counsel to appear for trial preparation and the trial date, and remuneration for the person who was defense counsel; machine translation, not official **二** 第百八十八条の二第二項の規定により補償される費用　開始決定再審請求者又はその弁護人であつた者が同項の再審の請求に係る審判の手続に出頭するに要した旅費、日当及び宿泊料並びに弁護人であつた者に対する報酬 art-188-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-1/item-2 the expenses to be compensated as prescribed in Article 188-2, paragraph (2): the travel expenses, daily allowances and accommodation fees which were necessary for the requester of a commenced retrial or the person who was their defense counsel to appear in the trial procedures pertaining to the request for a retrial under that paragraph, and remuneration for the person who was defense counsel. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、公判準備若しくは公判期日又は前項第二号の審判の手続に出頭した弁護人が二人以上あつたときは、事件の性質、審理の状況その他の事情を考慮して、同項各号の弁護人であつた者の旅費、日当及び宿泊料を主任弁護人その他一部の弁護人に係るものに限ることができる。 art-188-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-2 When two or more defense counsel have appeared for the trial preparation, the trial date or the trial procedures under item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the court may, taking into account the nature of the case, the proceedings of the trial and other circumstances, limit the travel expenses, daily allowances and accommodation fees of the persons who were defense counsel as set forth in the items of that paragraph, to those paid to the chief defense counsel and some of the other defense counsel. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-188-6/par-1/item-1: 第百八十八条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の二第一項 (Article 188-2, paragraph (1)), art-188-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-1 - art-188-6/par-1/item-1: 第百八十八条の四 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の四 (Article 188-4), art-188-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-4 - art-188-6/par-1/item-2: 第百八十八条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の二第二項 (Article 188-2, paragraph (2)), art-188-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-2 - art-188-6/par-2: 前項第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の六第一項第二号 (Article 188-6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-188-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-1/item-2 - art-188-6/par-2: 同項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の六第一項 (Article 188-6, paragraph (1)), art-188-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-6/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), 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-20261106T054114-005, 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