# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百三十三条 (Article 233) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233. 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: 第二百三十三条 (Article 233) — address `art-233` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三十三条 art-233 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233 **第一項** 死者の名誉を毀損した罪については、死者の親族又は子孫は、告訴をすることができる。 art-233/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233/par-1 With respect to the offense of defamation of a deceased person, said person's relatives or descendants may file a criminal complaint. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 名誉を毀損した罪について被害者が告訴をしないで死亡したときも、前項と同様である。但し、被害者の明示した意思に反することはできない。 art-233/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply also where, with respect to the offense of defamation, the victim has died without filing a criminal complaint, but not when this is against the express wishes of the victim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-233/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百三十三条第一項 (Article 233, paragraph (1)), art-233/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百三十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-233/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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06