# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百六十七条の二 (Article 267-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-267-2. 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: 第二百六十七条の二 (Article 267-2) — address `art-267-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-267-2 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十七条の二 art-267-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-267-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、第二百六十六条第二号の決定をした場合において、同一の事件について、検察審査会法（昭和二十三年法律第百四十七号）第二条第一項第一号に規定する審査を行う検察審査会又は同法第四十一条の六第一項の起訴議決をした検察審査会（同法第四十一条の九第一項の規定により公訴の提起及びその維持に当たる者が指定された後は、その者）があるときは、これに当該決定をした旨を通知しなければならない。 art-267-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-267-2/par-1 Where a court has rendered the decision set forth in Article 266, item (ii), notice to this effect must be given to the Committee for Inquest of Prosecution which is to conduct the inquest prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Committee for Inquest of Prosecution (Act No. 147 of 1948) or the Committee for Inquest of Prosecution which made the decision for institution of prosecution under Article 41-6, paragraph (1) of the same Act (after appointment pursuant to Article 41-9, paragraph (1) of the same Act of a person who is to be responsible for institution and maintenance of prosecution, to such person), where there exists such a committee for the same case. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where a court has rendered the decision set forth in Article 266, item (ii), notice to this effect must be given to the Committee for Inquest of Prosecution which is to conduct the inquest prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Committee for Inquest of Prosecution (Act No. 147 of 1948) or the Committee for Inquest of Prosecution which made the decision for institution of prosecution under Article 41-6, paragraph (1) of the same Act (after appointment of a person who is to be responsible for institution and maintenance of prosecution, to such person), where there exists such a committee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-267-2/par-1: 第二百六十六条第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十六条第一項第二号 (Article 266, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-266/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-266/par-1/item-2 - art-267-2/par-1: 検察審査会法（昭和二十三年法律第百四十七号）第二条第一項第一号 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000147, 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-267-2/par-1: 同法第四十一条の六第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000147, 第四十一条の六第一項 (Article 41-6, paragraph (1)), art-41-6/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-267-2/par-1: 同法第四十一条の九第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000147, 第四十一条の九第一項 (Article 41-9, paragraph (1)), art-41-9/par-1 — not held in this collection --- ## 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 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 267-2, 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06