# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百八十四条 (Article 284) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-284. 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: 第二百八十四条 (Article 284) — address `art-284` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-284 - 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. --- ### 第二百八十四条 art-284 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-284 **第一項** 五十万円（刑法、暴力行為等処罰に関する法律及び経済関係罰則の整備に関する法律の罪以外の罪については、当分の間、五万円）以下の罰金又は科料に当たる事件については、被告人は、公判期日に出頭することを要しない。ただし、被告人は、代理人を出頭させることができる。 art-284/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-284/par-1 The defendant is not required to appear on the trial date in cases which are punishable with a fine of no more than 500,000 yen (50,000 yen for the time being in cases other than violation of the Penal Code, the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others and the Act on Penal Provisions related to Economic Activities) or with a petty fine; provided however, that the defendant may have a representative appear on the trial date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused does not be required to appear on the trial date in cases which are punishable with a fine of no more than 500,000 yen (50,000 yen for the time being in cases other than violation of the Penal Code, the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others and the Act on Penal Provisions related to Economic Activities) or with a petty fine; provided however, that the accused may have a representative appear on the trial date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-286/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-24/par-1 --- ## 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 284, 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