# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十八 (Article 316-28) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28. 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: 第三百十六条の二十八 (Article 316-28) — address `art-316-28` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十八 art-316-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28 **第一項** 裁判所は、審理の経過に鑑み必要と認めるときは、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、第一回公判期日後に、決定で、事件の争点及び証拠を整理するための公判準備として、事件を期日間整理手続に付することができる。 art-316-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-1 When a court finds it necessary during the course of the proceedings, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to an inter-trial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case after the first trial date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court finds it necessary during the course of the proceedings, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel, or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to an inter-trial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case after the first trial date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 期日間整理手続については、前款（第三百十六条の二第一項及び第三百十六条の九第三項を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、検察官、被告人又は弁護人が前項の決定前に取調べを請求している証拠については、期日間整理手続において取調べを請求した証拠とみなし、第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで及び第三百十六条の十二中「公判前整理手続期日」とあるのは「期日間整理手続期日」と、同条第二項中「公判前整理手続調書」とあるのは「期日間整理手続調書」と読み替えるものとする。 art-316-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-2 The provisions of the preceding Subsection (excluding the provisions of Article 316-2, paragraph (1) and Article 316-9, paragraph (3)) apply mutatis mutandis to the inter-trial arrangement proceeding. In this case, the evidence that the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel requested to be examined before the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be the evidence that was requested to be examined in the inter-trial arrangement proceeding and the words "the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in Articles 316-6 to 316-10 and 316-12 are deemed to be "the date of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding" and the word "the records of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be "the records of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding." Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding Subsection (excluding the provisions of Article 316-2, paragraph (1) and Article 316-9, paragraph (3)) apply mutatis mutandis to the inter-trial arrangement proceeding. In this case, the evidence that the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel requested to be examined before the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be the evidence that was requested to be examined in the inter-trial arrangement proceeding and the words "the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in Articles 316-6 to 316-10 and 316-12 are deemed to be "the date of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding" and the word "the records of the pretrial arrangement proceeding" prescribed in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be "the records of the inter-trial arrangement proceeding."" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二第一項 (Article 316-2, paragraph (1)), art-316-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-1 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の九第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の九第三項 (Article 316-9, paragraph (3)), art-316-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9/par-3 - art-316-28/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十八第一項 (Article 316-28, paragraph (1)), art-316-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-1 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十 (Article 316-10), art-316-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-10 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の六 (Article 316-6), art-316-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の七 (Article 316-7), art-316-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-7 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の八 (Article 316-8), art-316-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の六から第三百十六条の十まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の九 (Article 316-9), art-316-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9 - art-316-28/par-2: 第三百十六条の十二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十二 (Article 316-12), art-316-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-12 - art-316-28/par-2: 同条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十二第二項 (Article 316-12, paragraph (2)), art-316-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-12/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第三十条第二項（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-2 (e-Gov law ID 405AC0000000047) - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-2 --- ## 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 316-28, 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 316-28, 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