# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百九十九条 (Article 299) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299. 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: 第二百九十九条 (Article 299) — address `art-299` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百九十九条 art-299 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299 **第一項** 検察官、被告人又は弁護人が証人、鑑定人、通訳人又は翻訳人の尋問を請求するについては、あらかじめ、相手方に対し、その氏名及び住居を知る機会を与えなければならない。証拠書類又は証拠物の取調を請求するについては、あらかじめ、相手方にこれを閲覧する機会を与えなければならない。但し、相手方に異議のないときは、この限りでない。 art-299/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299/par-1 When requesting examination of a witness, expert witness, interpreter or translator, the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel must give the opponent an opportunity to learn of the name and address of that person in advance. When requesting examination of documentary or material evidence, the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel must give the opponent an opportunity to inspect the evidence in advance; provided however, that this does not apply when the opponent has no objection. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When requesting examination of a witness, expert witness, interpreter or translator, the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel must give the opponent an opportunity to learn of the name and address of that person in advance. When requesting examination of documentary or material evidence, the public prosecutor, the accused or the counsel of the accused must give the opponent an opportunity to inspect the evidence in advance; provided however, that this does not apply when the opponent has no objection." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所が職権で証拠調の決定をするについては、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。 art-299/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299/par-2 When the court rules to examine evidence ex officio, it must hear the opinion of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the court rules to examine evidence ex officio, it must hear the opinion of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第三十条第一項（証拠開示の際の営業秘密の秘匿要請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-30/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 405AC0000000047) - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-2 - 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六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-6 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-7 - 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 第三百十六条の十三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-13/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-19/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 299, 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 299, 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 — 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