# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七十六条 (Article 276) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276. 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: 第二百七十六条 (Article 276) — address `art-276` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十六条 art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276 **第一項** 裁判所は、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、公判期日を変更することができる。 art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276/par-1 The court may change the trial dates, upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, or ex officio. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may change the trial dates, upon the request of the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel, or ex officio." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 公判期日を変更するには、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、あらかじめ、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴かなければならない。但し、急速を要する場合は、この限りでない。 art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276/par-2 The court must in advance, hear the opinion of the public prosecutor, and the defendant or the defense counsel pursuant to the Rules of Court in order to change the trial dates; provided however, that this does not apply in a case requiring urgency. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court must in advance, hear the opinion of the public prosecutor, and the accused or the defense counsel pursuant to the Rules of Court in order to change the trial dates; provided however, that this does not apply in a case requiring urgency." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 前項但書の場合には、変更後の公判期日において、まず、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人に対し、異議を申し立てる機会を与えなければならない。 art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276/par-3 In the case prescribed in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the court must give the public prosecutor, and the defendant or the defense counsel an opportunity to raise an objection on the changed trial date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case prescribed in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the court must give the public prosecutor, and the accused or the defense counsel an opportunity to raise an objection on the changed trial date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-276/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第二項 (Article 276, paragraph (2)), art-276/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-276/par-3 --- ## 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 276, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 276, paragraph (2) — 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 276, paragraph (3) — 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