# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百九十九条の二 (Article 299-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2. 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: 第二百九十九条の二 (Article 299-2) — address `art-299-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百九十九条の二 art-299-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2 **第一項** 検察官又は弁護人は、前条第一項の規定により証人、鑑定人、通訳人若しくは翻訳人の氏名及び住居を知る機会を与え又は証拠書類若しくは証拠物を閲覧する機会を与えるに当たり、証人、鑑定人、通訳人若しくは翻訳人若しくは証拠書類若しくは証拠物にその氏名が記載され若しくは記録されている者若しくはこれら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は、相手方に対し、その旨を告げ、これらの者の住居、勤務先その他その通常所在する場所が特定される事項が、犯罪の証明若しくは犯罪の捜査又は被告人の防御に関し必要がある場合を除き、関係者（被告人を含む。）に知られないようにすることその他これらの者の安全が脅かされることがないように配慮することを求めることができる。 art-299-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2/par-1 In giving an opportunity to learn of the name and address of a witness, an expert witness, an interpreter or a translator or to inspect documentary evidence or an article of evidence pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, when a public prosecutor or a defense counsel finds that the body or property of the witness, expert witness, interpreter, translator or a person whose name is included or recorded in the documentary evidence or article of evidence, or that person's relative is likely to be harmed, or any of these persons is likely to be threatened or confused, the public prosecutor or defense counsel may notify the opponent to that effect, and request that special care be taken so that particulars that may identify the address, workplace and other ordinary whereabouts of that person are not known by persons concerned (including the defendant) and the safety of that person is not otherwise threatened, unless those particulars are necessary for the proof or investigation of the crime, or the defense of the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In giving an opportunity to learn of the name and address of a witness, an expert witness, an interpreter or a translator or to inspect documentary evidence or an article of evidence pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, when a public prosecutor or a defense counsel finds that the body or property of the witness, expert witness, interpreter, translator or that whose name is included or recorded in the documentary evidence or article of evidence, or that person's relative is likely to be harmed, or any of these persons is likely to be threatened or confused, the public prosecutor or defense counsel may notify the opponent to that effect, and request that special care be taken so that particulars that may identify the address, workplace and other ordinary whereabouts of that person are not known by persons concerned (including the accused) and the safety of that person is not otherwise threatened, unless those particulars are necessary for the proof or investigation of the crime, or the defense of the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-299-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条第一項 (Article 299, paragraph (1)), art-299/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/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 299-2, 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