# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百六十二条 (Article 262) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262. 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: 第二百六十二条 (Article 262) — address `art-262` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百六十二条 art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262 **第一項** 刑法第百九十三条から第百九十六条まで又は破壊活動防止法（昭和二十七年法律第二百四十号）第四十五条若しくは無差別大量殺人行為を行った団体の規制に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百四十七号）第四十二条若しくは第四十三条の罪について告訴又は告発をした者は、検察官の公訴を提起しない処分に不服があるときは、その検察官所属の検察庁の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所に事件を裁判所の審判に付することを請求することができる。 art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262/par-1 If a person who has filed a criminal complaint or accusation regarding an offense set forth in Articles 193 to 196 of the Penal Code, Article 45 of the Subversive Activities Prevention Act (Act No. 240 of 1952), or Article 42 or 43 of the Act on Regulation of Organizations Which Have Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder (Act No. 147 of 1999) is dissatisfied with the disposition not to institute prosecution made by a public prosecutor, the complainant or accuser may request the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the public prosecutor's office to which that public prosecutor belongs to commit the case to a court for trial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の請求は、第二百六十条の通知を受けた日から七日以内に、請求書を公訴を提起しない処分をした検察官に差し出してこれをしなければならない。 art-262/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262/par-2 The request set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made by submitting an application to the public prosecutor who made the disposition not to institute prosecution within 7 days from the day on which the notice set forth in Article 260 was received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-262/par-1: 刑法第百九十三条から第百九十六条まで → 刑法 第百九十三条 (Article 193), art-193 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-193 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-262/par-1: 刑法第百九十三条から第百九十六条まで → 刑法 第百九十四条 (Article 194), art-194 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-194 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-262/par-1: 刑法第百九十三条から第百九十六条まで → 刑法 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-195 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-262/par-1: 刑法第百九十三条から第百九十六条まで → 刑法 第百九十六条 (Article 196), art-196 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-196 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-262/par-1: 破壊活動防止法（昭和二十七年法律第二百四十号）第四十五条 → e-Gov law 327AC0000000240, 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — not held in this collection - art-262/par-1: 無差別大量殺人行為を行った団体の規制に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百四十七号）第四十二条 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000147, 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — not held in this collection - art-262/par-1: 第四十三条 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000147, 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — not held in this collection - art-262/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十二条第一項 (Article 262, paragraph (1)), art-262/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262/par-1 - art-262/par-2: 第二百六十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十条 (Article 260), art-260 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-260 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-263/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-263/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-264/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-265/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-266/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-269/par-1 --- ## 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