# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百九十条の三 (Article 290-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3. 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: 第二百九十条の三 (Article 290-3) — address `art-290-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百九十条の三 art-290-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3 **第一項** 裁判所は、次に掲げる場合において、証人、鑑定人、通訳人、翻訳人又は供述録取書等（供述書、供述を録取した書面で供述者の署名若しくは押印のあるもの又は映像若しくは音声を記録することができる記録媒体であつて供述を記録したものをいう。以下同じ。）の供述者（以下この項において「証人等」という。）から申出があるときは、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、相当と認めるときは、証人等特定事項（氏名及び住所その他の当該証人等を特定させることとなる事項をいう。以下同じ。）を公開の法廷で明らかにしない旨の決定をすることができる。 art-290-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1 In the following cases, when a witness, an expert witness, an interpreter, a translator or a person who has made a statement in recorded statement documents (meaning written statements, statements recorded and taken down in writing with the signature or seal of the person making the statements, or recording media capable of recording images or sound on which statements have been recorded; the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as the "witness or the like" in this paragraph) makes a request and a court finds it appropriate after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, the court may render a ruling to the effect that particulars identifying the witness or the like (meaning the name and address of or other particulars which will identify the witness or the like; the same applies hereinafter) should not be disclosed in an open court: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the following cases, when a witness, an expert witness, an interpreter, a translator or a person who has made a statement in recorded statement documents (meaning written statements, statements recorded and taken down in writing with the signature or seal of the person making the statements, or recording media capable of recording images or sound on which statements have been recorded; the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as the "witness or the like" in this paragraph) makes a request and a court finds it appropriate after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel, the court may render a ruling to the effect that particulars identifying the witness or the like (meaning the name and address of or other particulars which will identify the witness or the like; the same applies hereinafter) should not be disclosed in an open court:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 証人等特定事項が公開の法廷で明らかにされることにより証人等若しくはその親族の身体若しくは財産に害を加え又はこれらの者を畏怖させ若しくは困惑させる行為がなされるおそれがあると認めるとき。 art-290-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1/item-1 when the court finds that the body or property of the witness or the like or that person's relative is likely to be harmed or either of these persons is likely to be threatened or confused through the disclosure of particulars identifying the witness or the like in an open court; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げる場合のほか、証人等特定事項が公開の法廷で明らかにされることにより証人等の名誉又は社会生活の平穏が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるとき。 art-290-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1/item-2 in addition to the case set forth in the preceding item, when the court finds that the reputation or peaceful social life of the witness or the like is likely to be seriously harmed through the disclosure of particulars identifying the witness or the like in an open court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "in addition to the case set forth in the preceding item, when the court finds that the reputation or peaceful social life of the witness or the like is likely to be seriously harmed through the disclosure of particular identifying the witness or the like in an open court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をした事件について、証人等特定事項を公開の法廷で明らかにしないことが相当でないと認めるに至つたときは、決定で、同項の決定を取り消さなければならない。 art-290-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-2 When a court comes to find that it is inappropriate for particulars identifying the witness or the like not to be disclosed in an open court with regard to a case where a ruling has been rendered under the preceding paragraph, the court must render a ruling to revoke the ruling rendered under the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-290-3/par-1: この項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項 (Article 290-3, paragraph (1)), art-290-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1 - art-290-3/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項第一号 (Article 290-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-290-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1/item-1 - art-290-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項 (Article 290-3, paragraph (1)), art-290-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1/item-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-291/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-295/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-4 --- ## 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 290-3, 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 290-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) — 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