# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十七 (Article 316-27) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27. 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: 第三百十六条の二十七 (Article 316-27) — address `art-316-27` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十七 art-316-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27 **第一項** 裁判所は、第三百十六条の二十五第一項又は前条第一項の請求について決定をするに当たり、必要があると認めるときは、検察官、被告人又は弁護人に対し、当該請求に係る証拠の提示を命ずることができる。この場合においては、裁判所は、何人にも、当該証拠の閲覧又は謄写をさせることができない。 art-316-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-1 If the court deems it necessary in making a ruling for the request prescribed in Article 316-25, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it may order the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel to present the evidence which is requested. In this case, the court may not let anyone inspect or copy the evidence. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court deems it necessary in making a ruling for the request prescribed in Article 316-25, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it may order the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel to present the evidence which is requested. In this case, the court may not let anyone inspect or copy the evidence." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、被告人又は弁護人がする前条第一項の請求について決定をするに当たり、必要があると認めるときは、検察官に対し、その保管する証拠であつて、裁判所の指定する範囲に属するものの標目を記載した一覧表の提示を命ずることができる。この場合においては、裁判所は、何人にも、当該一覧表の閲覧又は謄写をさせることができない。 art-316-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-2 If the court deems it necessary in making a ruling for the request made by the defendant or the defense counsel prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it may order the public prosecutor to present a list of the evidence that said prosecutor holds which falls within the range specified by the court. In this case, the court may not let anyone inspect or copy the list. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court deems it necessary in making a ruling for the request made by the accused or the defense counsel prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it may order the public prosecutor to present a list of the evidence that said prosecutor holds which falls within the range specified by the court. In this case, the court may not let anyone inspect or copy the list." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 第一項の規定は第三百十六条の二十五第三項又は前条第三項の即時抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について、前項の規定は同条第三項の即時抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について、それぞれ準用する。 art-316-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the court where the immediate appeal prescribed in the provisions of Article 316-25, paragraph (3) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is pending and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the court where the immediate appeal prescribed in the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article is pending. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-27/par-1: 第三百十六条の二十五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第一項 (Article 316-25, paragraph (1)), art-316-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-1 - art-316-27/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十六第一項 (Article 316-26, paragraph (1)), art-316-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-26/par-1 - art-316-27/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十六第一項 (Article 316-26, paragraph (1)), art-316-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-26/par-1 - art-316-27/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十七第一項 (Article 316-27, paragraph (1)), art-316-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-1 - art-316-27/par-3: 第三百十六条の二十五第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第三項 (Article 316-25, paragraph (3)), art-316-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-3 - art-316-27/par-3: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十六第三項 (Article 316-26, paragraph (3)), art-316-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-26/par-3 - art-316-27/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十七第二項 (Article 316-27, paragraph (2)), art-316-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-3 --- ## 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 316-27, 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 316-27, 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