# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七十一条の三 (Article 271-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3. 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: 第二百七十一条の三 (Article 271-3) — address `art-271-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百七十一条の三 art-271-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3 **第一項** 検察官は、前条第二項の規定により起訴状抄本等を提出する場合において、被告人に弁護人があるときは、裁判所に対し、弁護人に送達するものとして、起訴状の謄本を提出しなければならない。 art-271-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-1 When the public prosecutor submits the extract of the charging sheet, etc. pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the defendant has defense counsel, the public prosecutor must submit to the court a transcript of the charging sheet to be served on the defense counsel. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の規定による起訴状の謄本の提出があつたときは、遅滞なく、弁護人に対し、起訴状に記載された個人特定事項のうち起訴状抄本等に記載がないものを被告人に知らせてはならない旨の条件を付して起訴状の謄本を送達しなければならない。 art-271-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-2 When the transcript of the charging sheet has been submitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the court must, without delay, serve the transcript of the charging sheet on the defense counsel, subject to the condition that, of the particulars identifying an individual stated in the charging sheet, those not stated in the extract of the charging sheet, etc. not be made known to the defendant. machine translation, not official **第三項** 検察官は、第一項に規定する場合において、前項の規定による措置によつては、前条第一項第一号ハ（１）若しくは第二号イに規定する名誉若しくは社会生活の平穏が著しく害されること又は同項第一号ハ（２）若しくは第二号ロに規定する行為を防止できないおそれがあると認めるときは、裁判所に対し、起訴状の謄本に代えて弁護人に送達するものとして、起訴状抄本等を提出することができる。 art-271-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-3 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), if the public prosecutor finds that there is a risk that the measures under the preceding paragraph will not prevent the reputation or peaceful social life prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (c), (1) or item (ii), (a) of the preceding Article from being seriously harmed, or the acts prescribed in item (i), (c), (2) or item (ii), (b) of that paragraph, the public prosecutor may submit to the court, in lieu of the transcript of the charging sheet, an extract of the charging sheet, etc. to be served on the defense counsel. machine translation, not official **第四項** 裁判所は、前項の規定による起訴状抄本等の提出があつたときは、遅滞なく、弁護人に対し、起訴状抄本等を送達しなければならない。 art-271-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-4 When the extract of the charging sheet, etc. has been submitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the court must, without delay, serve the extract of the charging sheet, etc. on the defense counsel. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-271-3/par-1: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第二項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (2)), art-271-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-2 - art-271-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第一項 (Article 271-3, paragraph (1)), art-271-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-1 - art-271-3/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第一項 (Article 271-3, paragraph (1)), art-271-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-1 - art-271-3/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第二項 (Article 271-3, paragraph (2)), art-271-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-2 - art-271-3/par-3: 前条第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第一項第一号 (Article 271-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-271-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-1/item-1 - art-271-3/par-3: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第一項第二号 (Article 271-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-271-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-1/item-2 - art-271-3/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第三項 (Article 271-3, paragraph (3)), art-271-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-3/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-5/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の五第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-5/par-2/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-6/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-6/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-7/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-9 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十二条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-312-2/par-4 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-008, 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