# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百九十九条の三 (Article 299-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3. 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: 第二百九十九条の三 (Article 299-3) — address `art-299-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3 - 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. --- ### 第二百九十九条の三 art-299-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3 **第一項** 検察官は、第二百九十九条第一項の規定により証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、被害者特定事項が明らかにされることにより、被害者等の名誉若しく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、又は被害者若しくはその親族の身体若しくは財産に害を加え若しく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、弁護人に対し、その旨を告げ、被害者特定事項が、被告人の防御に関し必要がある場合を除き、被告人その他の者に知られないようにすることを求めることができる。ただし、第二百七十一条の二第二項の規定により起訴状抄本等を提出した場合を除き、被告人に知られないようにすることを求めることについては、被害者特定事項のうち起訴状に記載された事項以外のものに限る。 art-299-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3/par-1 When providing the opportunity to learn of the name and address of a witness, or the opportunity to inspect documentary evidence or articles of evidence, pursuant to the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1), if it is deemed that there is the risk that the reputation or the peaceful social life of the victim or others will be seriously harmed or the risk of physical or property harm, threat or confusion to the victim or victim's relatives through particulars identifying the victim being disclosed, the public prosecutor may notify the defense counsel to such effect and request that such particulars not be disclosed to the defendant or other persons, unless the particulars identifying the victim are necessary for the defense of the defendant; provided however, that, except where the extract of the charging sheet, etc. has been submitted pursuant to Article 271-2, paragraph (2), when requesting that the particulars not be disclosed to the defendant, of the particulars identifying the victim, these particulars are limited to those other than the particulars given in the charging sheet. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-299-3/par-1: 第二百九十九条第一項 → 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 - art-299-3/par-1: 第二百七十一条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第二項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (2)), art-271-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-2 ## 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 - 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 — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-010, translated 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