# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の十五 (Article 316-15)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三百十六条の十五 (Article 316-15) — address `art-316-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百十六条の十五
<sup>art-316-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15</sup>

        **第一項**  検察官は、前条第一項の規定による開示をした証拠以外の証拠であつて、次の各号に掲げる証拠の類型のいずれかに該当し、かつ、特定の検察官請求証拠の証明力を判断するために重要であると認められるものについて、被告人又は弁護人から開示の請求があつた場合において、その重要性の程度その他の被告人の防御の準備のために当該開示をすることの必要性の程度並びに当該開示によつて生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度を考慮し、相当と認めるときは、速やかに、同項第一号に定める方法による開示をしなければならない。この場合において、検察官は、必要と認めるときは、開示の時期若しくは方法を指定し、又は条件を付することができる。
        <sup>art-316-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1</sup>
        With regard to evidence other than that disclosed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, which falls under one of the categories of evidence set forth in the following items and is found to be important to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, a public prosecutor must, upon request for disclosure from the defendant or the defense counsel, promptly disclose it by the means provided in item (i) of the same paragraph when finding it appropriate taking into account the extent of the importance and other necessities of disclosure for preparation of the defense of the defendant, and the content and extent of possible harmful effects of disclosure; in this case, the public prosecutor may, when finding it necessary, designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure:
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to evidence other than that disclosed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, which falls under one of the categories of evidence set forth in the following items and is found to be important to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, a public prosecutor must, upon request for disclosure from the accused or the defense counsel, promptly disclose it by the means provided in item (i) of the same paragraph when finding it appropriate taking into account the extent of the importance and other necessities of disclosure for preparation of the defense of the accused, and the content and extent of possible harmful effects of disclosure; in this case, the public prosecutor may, when finding it necessary, designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **一**  証拠物
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-1</sup>
          articles of evidence;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **二**  第三百二十一条第二項に規定する裁判所又は裁判官の検証の結果を記載した書面
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-2</sup>
          documents describing the results of an inspection by a court or a judge as provided in Article 321, paragraph (2);
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **三**  第三百二十一条第三項に規定する書面又はこれに準ずる書面
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-3</sup>
          documents provided in Article 321, paragraph (3) or equivalent documents;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **四**  第三百二十一条第四項に規定する書面又はこれに準ずる書面
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-4</sup>
          documents provided in Article 321, paragraph (4) or equivalent documents;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **五**  次に掲げる者の供述録取書等
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5</sup>
          recorded statement documents of:
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

            **イ**  検察官が証人として尋問を請求した者
            <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-1</sup>
            any person the public prosecutor has requested to examine as a witness; or
            <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

            **ロ**  検察官が取調べを請求した供述録取書等の供述者であつて、当該供述録取書等が第三百二十六条の同意がされない場合には、検察官が証人として尋問を請求することを予定しているもの
            <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-2</sup>
            any person who has made a statement in the recorded statement documents which the public prosecutor has requested to examine, and whom the public prosecutor plans to request to examine as a witness if consent referred to in Article 326 is not given with regard to those recorded statement documents;
            <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **六**  前号に掲げるもののほか、被告人以外の者の供述録取書等であつて、検察官が特定の検察官請求証拠により直接証明しようとする事実の有無に関する供述を内容とするもの
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-6</sup>
          in addition to those set forth in the preceding item, the recorded statement documents of any person other than the defendant, which contain a statement relating to the existence of a fact the public prosecutor plans to prove directly from particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "in addition to those set forth in the preceding item, the recorded statement documents of any person other than the accused, which contain a statement relating to the existence of a fact the public prosecutor plans to prove directly from particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **七**  被告人の供述録取書等
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-7</sup>
          recorded statement documents of the defendant;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "recorded statement documents of the accused;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **八**  取調べ状況の記録に関する準則に基づき、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員が職務上作成することを義務付けられている書面であつて、身体の拘束を受けている者の取調べに関し、その年月日、時間、場所その他の取調べの状況を記録したもの（被告人又はその共犯として身体を拘束され若しくは公訴を提起された者であつて第五号イ若しくはロに掲げるものに係るものに限る。）
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-8</sup>
          documents which public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials are obliged to prepare in the course of duties under the rules relating to interrogation records, in which the date, time, place and other circumstances of the interrogation of a person under physical restraint are recorded (limited to those concerning the defendant, or a person set forth in item (v), (a) or (b) who is under physical restraint or for whom prosecution has been instituted as an accomplice of the defendant); or
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "documents which public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials are obliged to prepare in the course of duties under the rules relating to interrogation records, in which the date, time, place and other circumstances of the interrogation of a person under physical restraint are recorded (limited to those concerning the accused, or a person set forth in item (v), (a) or (b) who is under physical restraint or for whom prosecution has been instituted as an accomplice of the accused); or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **九**  検察官請求証拠である証拠物の押収手続等記録書面（押収手続又は電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。以下この号において同じ。）により電磁的記録を提供させる手続の記録に関する準則に基づき、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員が職務上作成することを義務付けられている書面であつて、証拠物の押収又は電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供に関し、その押収者、押収の年月日、押収場所その他の押収の状況又はその命令をした者、電磁的記録の提供の年月日その他の電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供の状況を記録したものをいう。次項及び第三項第二号イにおいて同じ。）
          <sup>art-316-15/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-9</sup>
          recorded seizure procedure documents of articles of evidence that are evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor (meaning documents which public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials are obliged to prepare in the course of duties under the rules relating to records of seizure procedures or of procedures for having electronic or magnetic records provided by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order that orders provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b); hereinafter the same applies in this item), in which the person who seized, the date, place and other circumstances of the seizure of articles of evidence, or the person who made the order, the date of the provision of electronic or magnetic records and other circumstances of the provision of electronic or magnetic records by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records are recorded; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)).
          <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **第二項**  前項の規定による開示をすべき証拠物の押収手続等記録書面（前条第一項又は前項の規定による開示をしたものを除く。）について、被告人又は弁護人から開示の請求があつた場合において、当該証拠物により特定の検察官請求証拠の証明力を判断するために当該開示をすることの必要性の程度並びに当該開示によつて生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度を考慮し、相当と認めるときも、同項と同様とする。
        <sup>art-316-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2</sup>
        The preceding paragraph also applies when the defendant or the defense counsel requests disclosure of recorded seizure procedure documents of articles of evidence that are to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph (excluding those that have been disclosed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the preceding paragraph), and it is found appropriate taking into account the extent of the necessity of disclosure to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor using those articles of evidence, and the content and extent of possible harmful effects of disclosure.
        <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **第三項**  被告人又は弁護人は、前二項の開示の請求をするときは、次の各号に掲げる開示の請求の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める事項を明らかにしなければならない。
        <sup>art-316-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3</sup>
        The defendant or the defense counsel must, when requesting disclosure under the preceding two paragraphs, clearly indicate matters provided in the following items according to each category of the request for disclosure set forth in each item:
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused or the defense counsel must, when requesting disclosure under the preceding two paragraphs, clearly indicate matters provided in the following items according to each category of the request for disclosure set forth in each item:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **一**  第一項の開示の請求　次に掲げる事項
          <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-1</sup>
          in the case of a request for disclosure under paragraph (1), the following matters:
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

            **イ**  第一項各号に掲げる証拠の類型及び開示の請求に係る証拠を識別するに足りる事項
            <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1</sup>
            a category of evidence set forth in each item of paragraph (1), and sufficient particulars to identify the evidence requested to be disclosed; and
            <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

            **ロ**  事案の内容、特定の検察官請求証拠に対応する証明予定事実、開示の請求に係る証拠と当該検察官請求証拠との関係その他の事情に照らし、当該開示の請求に係る証拠が当該検察官請求証拠の証明力を判断するために重要であることその他の被告人の防御の準備のために当該開示が必要である理由
            <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-2</sup>
            the importance of the evidence requested to be disclosed to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor and other reasons for which disclosure is necessary for preparation of the defense of the defendant in light of the content of the case concerned, facts planned to be proven by particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, the connection between the evidence requested to be disclosed and the particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, and other circumstances; or
            <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the importance of the evidence requested to be disclosed to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor and other reasons for which disclosure is necessary for preparation of the defense of the accused in light of the content of the case concerned, facts planned to be proven by particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, the connection between the evidence requested to be disclosed and the particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, and other circumstances; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

          **二**  前項の開示の請求　次に掲げる事項
          <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2</sup>
          in the case of a request for disclosure under the preceding paragraph, the following matters:
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

            **イ**  開示の請求に係る押収手続等記録書面を識別するに足りる事項
            <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-1</sup>
            sufficient particulars to identify the recorded seizure procedure documents requested to be disclosed; and
            <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

            **ロ**  第一項の規定による開示をすべき証拠物と特定の検察官請求証拠との関係その他の事情に照らし、当該証拠物により当該検察官請求証拠の証明力を判断するために当該開示が必要である理由
            <sup>art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-2</sup>
            the reason for which disclosure is necessary to determine the probative value of particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor using articles of evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), in light of the connection between those articles of evidence and the particular evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, and other circumstances.
            <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-316-15/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第一項 (Article 316-14, paragraph (1)), art-316-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-1
- art-316-15/par-1: 同項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第一項第一号 (Article 316-14, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-316-14/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-1/item-1
- art-316-15/par-1/item-2: 第三百二十一条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条第二項 (Article 321, paragraph (2)), art-321/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321/par-2
- art-316-15/par-1/item-3: 第三百二十一条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条第三項 (Article 321, paragraph (3)), art-321/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321/par-3
- art-316-15/par-1/item-4: 第三百二十一条第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条第四項 (Article 321, paragraph (4)), art-321/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321/par-4
- art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-2: 第三百二十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十六条 (Article 326), art-326 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326
- art-316-15/par-1/item-6: 前号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第五号 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-316-15/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5
- art-316-15/par-1/item-8: 第五号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第五号 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-316-15/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5
- art-316-15/par-1/item-9: 第百二条の二第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-102-2/par-1/item-1
- art-316-15/par-1/item-9: この号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第九号 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-316-15/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-9
- art-316-15/par-1/item-9: 次項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第二項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (2)), art-316-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2
- art-316-15/par-1/item-9: 第三項第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項第二号 (Article 316-15, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-316-15/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2
- art-316-15/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1
- art-316-15/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第一項 (Article 316-14, paragraph (1)), art-316-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-1
- art-316-15/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1
- art-316-15/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第二項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (2)), art-316-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2
- art-316-15/par-3/item-1: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1
- art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1
- art-316-15/par-3/item-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第二項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (2)), art-316-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2
- art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-2: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1

## Cited by

16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-6
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-8
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-9
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項第一号イ — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第三項第二号ロ — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-3/item-2/sub-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-4
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-22/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-26/par-1

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